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CONTINUATION

Of the Reverend

Mr. JTHITE FIELD'S

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^JOURNAL,

From his E M B A R K I N G after the

EMBARGO,

To his Arrival at

SAVANNAH in GEORGIA.

The Second Edition.

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Printed by W. St r a h a n for J a m e s Hu t ton,

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hewiffddm^ Deptford and Blendon,

S A TURD AT, Augnji 4. Lay laft Night at the
Houfe of Mrs. 5 . Went in the Morning td

• Deptford ; Pray'd, fung Pfahns, and gave a Word
of Exhortation at two or three Houfes. Returned to dine

■yvith Mrs. S — . Expounded to a Room full of People,

Preached at Blackheath to about 1 0000 ; and went to
Blejidon^ to the great Comfort and rejoicing of my Soul,
and lay there. Oh that 7ny Mouth was ever filed tdtb
the divine Praife !

Bkmdon, Bexly and Blackheath.

SiO'Jay, Jugu/i ^, Rofe much enlighten'jd and refrcfhed
in the inner Man. — Expounded prayed, and fung Pfalms at
Mr. D — ■ — 's Poor, with many that came laft Night
fiom London. — Read Prayers, and aflifted in adminiftring
the Sacrament to feveral hundred Communicants at Bexley
Ciiurch,-«Pfeached in the Afternoon to abou; 1500 in
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Juftice D 's Yard. — And again in the Evening to Si-
bout 30000 at Blackbeath. — It rained, but few were
driven away by it. — Great Power came upon me from
above. — I opened mv Mouth with all Boldnefs. — God
watered us with the Dew of his heavenly Blefling. — Ob
that we may all rrow in Grace^ and in the Knowledge of
our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST!

Blendoji and Chatham.

Monday^ Augujl 6. Spent the former Part of the Day
moft agreeably at Blendon ; and preached in the Even-
ning at Chatham^ about 18 Miles from thence, to near
12000 People. — I never obferved more Decency and Or-
der in any Place at my firft preaching, than at that.—
Had a Conference after Sermon with one, who I fear with
fome others, maintained Antinomian Principles. — From
fuch may all that know them turn away I For though,
(to ufe the Words of our Church Article) Good Wor%Si
which are the Fruits of Faith, cannot put away our Sins^
or endure the Severity of God's "Judgment, (that is, cannot
jujiify us,) yet they folloiv after Jujiification, and dofpring
out necejfarily of a true and lively Faith, infomuch that by
them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a Tree
difcerned by the Fruit.

Chatham, Blendon, Blaekhath and Lewtjhatn,

Tuefday, Jngiiji j. Left C/'^/Z'tf/w early this Morning.
t)ined at Blendon^ and preached in the Evening at Black-*
heath. — It rained very much the whole Day. — We ex-
pecfled but little Company : However, there were about
2000, to (bme of whom I truft God gave an abundant Re-
ward by the Hearing of Faith. I difcourfed on the Coit-
verfion of Zacchcus the Publican. — And I hope there was
Joy in Heaven over fome of my Hearers repenting. — Out
of the Abundance of my Heart my Mouth fpake. — They
received the Word as the thirfty Ground receives the for-
mer and the latter Rain. — I know not when I have beea
more delighted. — Lord, in dving thy Common cbnents there
is great Reward.

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Lewijhamy Deptford and Blackheath,

tVednefday^ Auguft 8. Lay at Lewljham. — Went on
board the Ship fallen down to Deptford^ which we now
hallowed by the Word of God and by Prayer. — Dined
at Mr. W—\ of Lewijham, and preached at Blackheath
to near 20000 People, on the Pharlfee and the Publican.—
I felt much Freedom in my felf, and could not but take
notice of a fundamental Miltake his Lordfhip o^ London
was guilty of, in a Paltoral Letter publifhed this Day. — >
For in it he exhorts his Clergy, S O to explain the Doc-
trine of Juftification by Faith alone^ as to make our Good
Works a necejfary Condition of it.— -^t. Paul in his Epiftle
to the Galatiansy pronounces a dreadful Anathema againft
the Maintainers of fuch Dodlrines. — I pray God his Lord-
Jhip may fee his Error, and thereby be freed from fo tremen-
dous a Sentence ! And let A L L the People fay. Amen !

On board Ship, Lewifiajn and Blackheath,

Thurfday, Auguft <^. Went this Morning and continued
on board till Afternoon, fettling my little Family,—
Dined at Lewijham. Preached at Blackheath to a very-
large Congregation. — Took a little Refrefhment, and
■went and lay on board, in order to be ready to finilh my
Affairs in the Morning. — Several Companies of Friends
Came to fee me, and fome continued with me all Night. —
In anfwer to their Prayers, I doubt not but we fhall be as
fafe as Noah was in the Ark. Every Place is alike to thofe
■who have the Prefence of God with them.

Heaven is, dear Lord, where'er thou art,
O never then from me depart ;
For to my Soul 'tis Hell to be.
But for one Moment void of thee.

Lewifoam^ Blackheath and Blendon.

. Friday, Auguji 10. Finifhed my Ship Bufinefs.—
Breakfafted at Lewifjam.—Spent the reft of the Day moft
^omfon^hly u BUndon.-^ And preached In the Evening

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to a yet greater Congregation at Blackhcath. — The
People expeding it would" be the laft Time, were much af-
fcvfteu with Sorrow ; but a great Shout of R-^rjoicing was
heard amongft them, when I told them of my continu-
ing to preach v}X' Monday. — God has made himfelf a wil-
ling People in the Day of his Power. — O all ye Servants
pf the Lord, blcfs ye the Lord, praifc him and magnijy him
for ever,

JBlendon and Blackheath,

Saturday:,, Augiijl 1 1. Began in tlie Spirit of Love and
Meeknefs to anfwer the Bifliop of London^ Paftoral Let-
ter.— I pray God give it his Bicffing— Continued all Day
at Blendon. — Preached in the Evening at Blackheath^ and
returned to Blendon with an earneft Longing in my Soul
for the approaching Sabbath. — O hov/ do I long for that
Reft which awaits the Ghildrer ------

Patience to wait illl my Change

hlendon^ Bexh\ BlackJdeath 2iXid, Lewifianto

Sunday^ Aiiguji 12. Preached early In the Morning to
fome hundreds in Juflice Dela?nottc^sYzxd^ mofl: ofwhomi
came thither laft Night, fmging and praifing God,-—
Rcail Prayers, heard a truly ChrijUan Sermon from Mr.
Peersy and afiifted him in adminiftring the blefled Sacra-
ment at his own Church to near 600 Communicants.

Preached at three in the Afternoon to near 3000 in Mr.
Delaniotte''f, Yard, and to about 30000 at Blackheath. —
At each Place the People were exceedingly afFedcd.— -
Much Devotion and Reverence was to be feen during the
Time of the Adminiftration of the Holv Eucharift.— Iri
the Afternoon at Blackheath^ when I faid. Finally^ Bre-
thren, Fareivell f—Thouhnds immediately burft oi:t in-
to ftrong Cryings and Tears I —The Sight, I think,
muft have melted down the moft hardened Heart. — My

own was fo full that I did not know wlien to leave off.

I continued my Difcourfe till it was near dark. And

collected near 15 /. for Kingfivocd School. — And with
great Difficulty got away in a Coach to Leivijlm/n, where'
an hofpitable Entertainment was prepared i'or me and my

Friends,

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Friends. — Their Company was fweet to my Sou], but
my Body being weak, and God being pleafed to vifit me
with fome inward Trials, I retired to EcJ with a deeper
Senfe of my own Vilenefs, than I have felt for fome
Time. — Lord encreafe it for thy Mercy* % Sake !

Monday, Auguft 13. Rofe early, and hafled to Blen-
don. — Finifhed, and fent to the Prefs, my Anfwer to His
Lordfhip's Paftoral Letter. — Dined and took Leave of my
dear weeping Friends. — Rode with many of them to
Erith ; took my final and forrowful Farewel, and went
from thence in a Boat with my dear Fellow Travellers to
Gravefendy where our Ship was fallen down. — In the
Way I was much edified by reading an Extradl out of
Bifliop Hopklns^s and Dr. Ha?}imond's Sermons on the
Dodlrine of the New Birth, and thought it my Duty
to recommend them publickly to all my Friends. Blef-
fed be God for detaining me in England by the Einbargo. — •
Many others, as vOelL as inyfelf, I hope, have Reafon to re-
joice thereat. — Lord, teach me in all Things /imply to com-
ply With thy Will, without prejuming to fay, even in 7ny.
Heart, What doefi Thou f

My Bondage of Corruption break.

For this my Spirit groans ;
Thy only Will I fain would feek,

O fave 7ne from ?ny own !

€n Board the Elizabeth, Capt. Stevenfon Com-
mander, hound from England to Philadelphia.

Tuefday 14. Got on board about Eight laft Night,
^nd received the following Letter from Thomas IFebb,
Clerk of the Parifh of Bretforton, Worcejlerfoire., whom
Mr. Benjamin Sev-'ard mentioned in .. Letter publiihed ia
iay laft Journal.

Reverend and worthy Sir,

* Altho' 1 am unknown to vou iii Pcrfbn, yet as I

^ truft lam, by the Grace of God, avvaken'd to a New

' and Spiritual Life, thro' the powerful Influence of .your

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* Mlniftry, I think myfelf under an Obiigation to givfl

* my Teftimony to the Truth as it is in Jesus; and

* to pay my grateful Acknowledgments to the Freedom
.* of that divine Grace, which has made you fo wonder-

* fully inftrumenta! In calling me, a mofl unworthy Sin-

* ner, at this laft Hour of the Day, from a State of Dark-

* nefs and Infenfibility, to the marvellous Light of his

* glorious Gofpel. — The Circumftances of my Converfion

* were as follows. — I heard you was to preach on Thurf^
« day the 19th oi April lafl, at Mr. Seward's of Badfey,

* and living at Bretforton., a Village about a Mile from

* thence (where I have been Clerk of the Parifti for about

* Thirty Years, being now in the 63d Year of my Age)

* my Curiofity, as I then fhould have term'd it, but as

* it is fmce evident by the Confequence, the wonderful

* Goodnefs and Providence of Almighty GOD^ led me to

* hear you, which I did with great Attention, and was

* much afFedled. The next Day, being Good-Friday^ I

* attended your Miniflry again with great Warmth, when

* you fpoke with fuch Demonftration of the Spirit, and

* with Power, from thefe Words, What I fay unto yon
' I fay unto all. Watch, that I foon was convinced I was
' in the State of the Foolifh Virgins, who were unpre-
' pared to meet the Bridegroom, having all my Life
' long taken up with a Lamp of an outward Profeffion ;

* thinking-it fufficient that I duly and conflantly attended

* the publick Worfhip, Sacraments, and the like ; — but
' I foon found, to my great Confufion, that I had all my

* Life long been offering to God the Sacrifice of Fools,

* being deflitute of the pure Oil of Grace in the Heart,

* which alone could make me meet to attend the Mar-

* riagc Supper of the Lamb, — The New Birth, — Juftifi-
' cation by Faith only, — The Want of Free-Will in Mai^

* to do good V/orks, without the fpecial Grace of God,

* and the like, was as it were new Language to me ; for

* tho' I remcmber'd the Lette; of thefe Dodlrines, yet

* the Spiritual Senfe thereof I was an utter Stranger to. —
' But being very much opprefs'd in Thought concerning

* thofc important Truths which you deliver'd, as foon as
' I returned Home, I (earched an old Expofition of the

* Catechifm, the Church Articles, and Book of Homi-
■ lies, which I found cxa'£\ly to corrcfpond with what I

* had

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had heard deliver'd by you. — Some Days after this, being
a Taylor by Trade, I was fent for to Work at a little
Alehoufe call'd Contercup^ where (tho' one of the laft
Places in which I fliould have expetled Food for the Soul)
the Man of the Houfe told me he had fome old Books

which he had of one Mr. F , a Glazier and Plumber

in Tewksbury, who had thrown them by in order to
have fent them to the Paper-Mill, as fit for no other
Purpofe, but that he begg'd thev might be given ta
him; that he had heard Mr. Whitefield\ got his Ser-
mon on the New Birth ; and that thefe old Books fpoke
to the very fame Purpofe as Mr. IVhitefield did. Upon
which I defired to fee one of them, (the otiier being
then lent out) the Title whereof was, General Direcll-
ons for a comfortable Walking with G OD, by Robert
Bou/ton, an old Divine of our Church. I had not read
long, before the Light broke in upon my Soul with fuch
powerful Evidence, that I was from that Inftant clearly
convinced, and I hope, by the Grace of God, deter-
mined not to know any Thing, fave Jesus Christ,
and him crucified. Upon this I avoided all carnal Ac-
quaintance and Reafoning as much as poffiblc, and con-»
ftantly attended the Religious Society at Badfcy, where,
by hearing your Sermons, and other Religious Exer-
cifcs, I daily was ftrengthen'd and comforted. Soon after
this, I got the other 'old Book, which was (o providen-
tially preferved from the Paper-Mill, the Tide whereof
is as follows, Six Evangelical Hijlorics. — Water turned
into Wine, — Tbe Temple's Purgation, — Chrij'l and Ni-
codemus, — John's laji Tejlimony, — Chriji and the Wo-
7nan of Samaria, — the Ruhr's Son healed 'y — contained in
the Second, Third, and Fourth Chapters of St. John's
Gofpel, open'd and bandied by the late faithful Servant
of God, Daniel Dykes, Bc^tchellor in Divini'.y. Printed
Anno Dom. 1617. This old Book has been a very grate^
ful Cordial to my Soul ; and tho' I have lived under the
Sound of the Gofpcl for fo many Years, and thought I
did not want to be taught the firft Principles of Chri-
flianity at this Age, being, as I apprehendeJ, well
thought of and elteem'd by all my Neighbours, yet I
am fully convinced, that I knew nothing as I ought to
know, and that the Gofpel was to me a fealed Book ;
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' but by the wonderful Free Grace of G o d, tho' I be-
' fore had Eyes and faw not, Ears and heard not, I now
' read it as the Savour of Life unto Life, and can fay ex^
^ perimentally that the Word of God is a Light to my
' Fcet^ and a I^antJm-n to my Paths. — For this Declara-
' tion of the Truth I have fuffcr'd the Reproach and De-

* lifion of them that were round about me. But I truft,
' that the Grace of God wJiich hath called me, when
^'(o old and dead in Trefpafles and Sins, will alfo touch
' the Hearts of my Oppofers, and work in them both tOf
' ivill and to do of his good Pleafure. — I have been evea
' threaten'd with the Lofs of my Bread for the Profeflion

* of the Truth, but hope God will turn the Hearts of my

* Enemies. If not, and it were his bleffed Will, I hope
' I fhould be enabled to lay down my Lifg in Defence of

* that Gofpel, which I can truly fay is glad Tidings of

* great Salvation to my Soul ; and could, I think, be con-

* tent with old Simeon to cry out in Tranfport, Lordy

* now lettc/i thou thy Servant depart in Peace. — The in-

* ward Light and Comfort I have felt being to me more
' miraculous than if I had fcen one rofe from the Dead. —

* May the Lord profper your Labours, and make thera
' fuccefsful to the turning many Souls to Righteoufncfs ;

* and as you know in whom you have believed, fo I am

* confident you will join with me in giving all Glory to.
' that God, who I truft hath created us a-new in Christ

* Jesus; in whom I moil humbly and thankfully beg
' Leave to fubfcribe myfclf

AugiiJ II, 1739,

Tour mojl unworthy Servant,

Thomas Weed.

Rofe early, and fettled my Family Affairs. — Wrote
fome Letters, and, after much Entreaty, went to Gravef-
etid; read Prayers, and preached at Mitton Church near
the Town.— The Congregation was large, I fpoke with
Freedom, and returned back to the Ship by Eight in ths
Evening. Blefled be Goo, I was much rejoiced at re-
tiring from the World. Oh that GOD may now fully
ftygw me v^felf

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m board tlje Elizabeth, 1 1

Search^ try^ O Lord^ my Reins and Hearty
If Evil lurks in any Part ;
Correal jne where I go ajtray.
And guide me In thy perfeii Way !

Wednefday, Augujl 15. Began to put thofe of my Fa-
rfiily, who 1. thought were prepared for it, into Bands.-—
In all we are Eight Men, Four Women, one Boy, and
two Children, befides Mr. Seward and myfelf. — The
Converfion of one of the Men was particularly remark-
able.— Not long fince he was Mafter of a Ship, which was
loft near the Gulph of Florida. — Providence was pleafcd
to throw him and his Crew upon a Sand-Bank, where
they continually expeded the Waters to overwhelm them.
At the End of Ten Days they faw a Ship, and made a
Signal of Diftrefs. — The Ship made towards them ; the
Captain (now with me) went out with his Boat, and
begg'd for a Paffage for himfelf and Men. — It was granted
him, on Condition he would leave fome of his Crev/ be-
hind upon the Sand-Bank, but he would not confent. — At
length the other Commander agreed to take all. — But as
foon as ever my Friend put off his Boat to fetch them,
the Commander of the Ship made Sail and left them.— 'i
All this feem'd quite agalnji, but in the End God fliewed
it was intended yor the Good of my Friend, — After Thirty
Days Continuance upon the Sand-Bank, having fitted up
the Boat with fome Planks they had took out of a Ship
which had been loft Five Months before, Nine of them com-
mitted themfelves to the Providence of God. — The others
cared not to venture themfelves in fo fmall a Boat. — Ha-
vmg failed about 140 Leagues, they at length came to
Tyhy Ifland, Ten Miles off Savannah. — An Inhabitant
being near that Place, efpied them, and brought then^
Home with him.— Being then in Georgia., and inform'd
of what had happen'd, I invited the Captain to Breakfaft
•with me, and reminded him of the Goodnefs of God.— •
He then feem'd ferious, and coming very providentially
in the fame Ship with me^ when I return'd to England,
God was pleafed to work more effe<5lually upon his Soul,
arii he is now returning with me to Georgia again. —
Many Offc^rs have been made him to so back into the
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World, but he chufes rather to fufter Affliclion with the
People of God. — Moft of my other AfTiftants have left
good Places, and are willing freely to fpend and be fpent
for the Good of the Orphan-Houfe ; — feveral of them have
already found, all I hope are y^t?/(/V/^ Christ. — We feem
perfecftly fettled already, and whatever Storms God may
permit to attack us without, I hope we Ihall have a con-
flant Calm within and among ouri'ehcs. — Bleffed be God,
I find myfelf compofcd, and perfectly reiign'd, nay, much
rejoiced at my prefent Situation. Oh that I could al-
ways have no ether JVHl but G OD's !

Thurfday^ Augujl i6. Had ftill greater Reafon to re-
joice at the Regulation of my Family.— Wrote feveral
Letters, and begun to have publick Prayers Morning and
Evening, and fpent above an Hour in examining and ex-
horting my Fellow Travellers, and went to Bed almoil:
forgetful that 1 had ever been out in the World. — For ever
blefed be GOD's holy Name thro' CHRIST.

Friday^ Auguji 17. Had a brisk Gale, which carried
us di redly thro' the Downs. — Sent feme Farewel Letters
on Shore, and rejoiced much in my happy Settlement on
Ship-board. — Li the Morning, moft of my Family were
fick ; — 1 did not entirely efcape. — God enabled us to give
Thanks, and as we came to fail more dire<Sfly before the
Wind, our Diforder gradually went off. — I blefs God we
are in good Order, and if the Vovage ends as happily as
it begins; we fhall liave abundant Reafon to blefs God for
it. — Grant this, O Lord^ for thy dear Soft's Sake.

Saturday, Angujl iB. Made but fmall Advances in
bur Way, there being little Wind, and that not v^ry fair,
'till about Six this Evening, at which Time it favour'd

us very much. Was enlightcn'd in reading God's

Word. — Had my Heart warmed with a Senfe of his
Love and diilinguifhing Mercies. — Was enlarged in pray-
ing feveral Tmies with and for my Friends, and was
very earnefl: witli God to give me Grace to improve my
prefent Retirement to his Glory, the Good of his Church,
and the Edification of my own Soul. — Perceived alfo my
JJixiiiy Stiep^th to iucxeaic, .aiid enjoyed fuch an unfpeal^-

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able Peace and Tranquility within, that I was often filled
with a holy Gonfufion, and was obliged to retire to give
my Soul Vent. — Our Lord, I am fure, is with us in ther
Ship. — 0 infinitely condefcendlng GOD!

Sunday^ Augnfl 19. Adminifter'd the Holy Sacrament
early in the Morning, fung an Hymn, and continued in
Prayer for near an Hour afterwards, in Behalf of ourfelves
and abfent Friends. — My Heart was much melted down
and enlarged. — The Power which was given me was foon
communicated to my Companions; — they fympathized
and wept with me. — A Spirit of Love was fent forth
amongft us. — May it increafe ever more and more f

Both at Morning and Evening Prayers, the Captain
and Ship's Company attended very orderly. — The Re-
mainder of the Day was fpent in Reading, Prayer, Sing-
ing and Praifing God. — The Ship continued failing di-
re6lly before the Wind, at the Rate of about Five or Six
Miles an Hour. — Moft feem'd fenfible of, and thankful
for the Divine Mercies.

Monday^ Auguft 20. Fair Wind all Night, by which
our Ship was carried to the Bay of Bifcay^ and went be-
fore the Wind at the Rate of Six Miles an Hour, almoft
the whole Day. — The Wind being brisk, and a great
Swell coming out of the Bay, moft of us grew fick, and
could do little elfe but lie down upon our Beds. — This re-
joiced me much, for 1 had a glorious Opportunity of
fpending many Hours in clofe Communion with God, to
ask Pardon for the Defecfts of my publick Miniftry, and to
pray for Strength to prepare me for future Work and Trials.
My Soul was frequently diffolved into Tears. — A Senfe
of my adual Sins and natural Deformity, humbled me
exceedingly ; — and then the Freenefs and Riches of God's
everlafting Love broke in with fuch Light and Power up-
on my Soul, that I was often awed into Silence, and
could not fpeak any more ! — A dear Companion was with
me, and helped me to lament, pray, and give Praife. —
Oh the Comforts of Religious Friendjhip ! — Sanilify ity
O Lord, to ?ne, for thy dear Son's Sake,

Tuefday,

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Tuefday, Augvft 21. Contrary Winds all Day, and
the Swell continued, which kept all my Family, as well
as myfelf, a little fickifh. — I converfed with God by
Prayer, and liisWord, moft of the Time; and felt En-
largement of Heart in the Evening. Oh that by converfmg
vj'ith GOD I may be changed from Glory to Glory ^ and
fitted for vjhatcver he has appointed for me to do or fuffery
during my Pilgrimage here on Earth !

Saturday, Augujl 25. Had but little regular Sleep fince
Tuefday, the Wind continuing contrary. — Laft Night it
blew a hard Gale, — Moft of my Family ftill continued
fick. — I waited on them as well as I could, and prayed to
God to make me willing to become the Servant of all.—
Frequently interceded for abfent Friends ; and remember'd
thofe in particular, who, by their kind Prefents, admini-
fter'd much to our Comfort on board. — Had two or three
providential Conferences w^ith the Captain of the Ship,
and fome of his Men. — Read Dr. Guife his Paraphrafe on
the Evangelift St Matthew, and think it the beft I ever
met with. — Endeavour'd to keep clofe to God by watch-
mg unto Prayer, for Diredion and Help in Time of
l^Ieed.' — PVequently was enlighten'd to fee the Pride and
Selfifhnefs of my Heart, — and as frequently long'd for that
perfect Liberty wherewith Jesus Christ fets his Ser-
vants free. — The Sea was calmer to Day than before. —
My Family grew better, and we fpent near two Hours
this Evening in talking of the inward State of our Souls,
and preparing for the Reception of the bleffed Sacrament.-r-
Lord grant that ive all may have on the JVedding Garment,

Sunday^ Augufl 26. Adminiftred the Holy Sacrament
early in the Morning. — Spent the Remainder of the Day
in Reading, InterceiTion, i^c, — God was pleafed to en-
lighten me in Reading his Holy Word. — And gave me
Satisfaction in the Behaviour of thofe about me. The
Wind was ftill contrary, and the Sea rough ; but 1 had a
great Calm and Joy in my own Soul, How can I be
thankful enough tor the glorious Opportunities I now en-
joy for Improvement. — Let (ill tkit is ivitbin me praiff
Gad's Holy Name,

Monda^t

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Monday, Auguji 27. Had the Pleafure of feeing thr^ei
fajiiaica Ships come all together. — Two of which fpoke^
to us, and by them we fent News of our Situation to
England. — Was much aflifted in writing an Account of
God's Dealings with me in my Infant Days, which I
have prayed for Strengtii to do thefe three Years, but ne-
ver had Power given me till this Day.— 'Blelled be God,
the Weather was more calm, the Wind more fair, and
my Family better ; fo that I truft we fhall receive Strength
to bear future Crofles. — As yet this is the moft comfort-
able Voyage I have made. — Ob that Inwy gmv in Grace,
0nd then my Happ'inefs will emreafe daily !

Tuefday, AuguJl 28. Calm Weather and fmooth Sea. — •.
Was aflifted in Reading the Holy Scriptures. — Rejoiced
much in the good Behaviour of thofe about me. — One
Part of the Day felt fome irregular Paflion arife in my
Heart, but in the Evening was fo vifited from above,
that my Soul was quite confounded in the Senfe of the
Divine Goodnefs. — This Day Twelvemonth I left Sa-
vannah.— Lord, how haji thou multiplied thy Mercies up-
»n me fince that Time. — And yet thou doji Jiill delight to
honour me, and makcjl this Retirenient fofweet and profit-
able to my Soul, that my only Fear is lejl it jljould he ever
toofoon. — But my Time is in thy Hands. — Lor d^ let me
have no Will of my own for thy dear Son's Sake !

Friday, Augufi 31. Very light Winds for two Dayt
laft paft, and an entire Calm to Day. — But I had many
Inward Struglings. — I could do nothing but lay my felf
down and offer my Soul up to God. — At Night I prayed
"With ftrong Cryings and many Tears, before all my Fa-
mily, for them and all thofe dear People -wiio have re-
commended themfelves to my Prayers. — Afterwards my
Soul received Comfort. — Oh that thefe inu/ard Confiicfs
may purge, humble and purify my polluted, proud and
treacherous Heart I Let all that love me fay. Amen.

I obferve thefe inward Trials always follow inward
Communications. — For thefe two Days laft paft I have
been much affifted. — Left I ihould be puffed up, and that
my Mind may be prepared to receive greater Degrees of

Light,

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Light, God out of Love has fent me a Thorn in th©
Flcfh. — Lord grant this Loving Correction of thine may
make me truly GREAT! Amen, LO RD JESUS,
Amen.

Sunday^ September 1. Still very light Winds and fair
Weather. — Weak and fick in Body thefe tw^o Days. —
Adminiftred the Holy Sacrament in the Morning. — Had
publick Prayers as ufual. — All attended very orderly ; and
Something of a Face of Religion (as I was told) was to be
feen through the whole Ship. — Examined particularly in
the Evening into the inward State of my Companions. —
BlefTed be God, I hope we grow in Grace, and learn mora
and more to bear one another's Burdens. — Grant we may
/or ever thus fulfil thy Law, 0 C H R I S T.

Saturday, September 8. Advanced about a Hundred
Leagues this Week in our Way towards Philadelphia.—'
Boiftrous Weather moft part of the Time, which caufed
many of us to be fick again. — Finifhed the Account of my
Life beforementioned, and was preffed in Spirit to print

it. — Father, hlefs it for thy dear Son's Sake. Had as

deep a Senfe of Sin, and iny in-bred Corruptions, as ever
I had in my Life. — I groan daily to be fet at Liberty. —
Dearejl Redeemer., I come unto thee zueary and heavy laden,
O do thou bring me into the full Freedom of the Sons of
GOD!

, Sunday, Septc77iber 9. Had a comfortable Sacrament,
and a Love-Feaft afterwards, at which we were not un-
mindful to pray for our dear Friends on Shore. — Read
publick Prayers, and expounded, as ufual, to the Ship's
Company in the Morning ; but gave a Quaker Preacher
t»n board (at his Defirc) the Ufe of my Cabbin in the Af-
ternoon.— All attended very gravely. — He fpoke chiefly
concerning the falfe Pretences and Education of thofe who
run before they arc called of God into the Miniftry of the
Church o^ England. — JVo be unto thofe that give the Ad-
iierfaries Leave thus to fpeak reproachfully of us ; // had
been better for them iftht-y had ngver been horn.

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; Saturday, September 15. Had a pleafant Profpe^l to
Day of fome of the Weftern Iflands, — Gave myfelf to
Reading the Word of God, and to Prayer, the greateft
Part of this Week. — Was viiited with frequent inward
Trials. — Had many Things on my Heart to write, but
am as yet with-held. — Ended the Week comfortably with
iny Family, and was exceedingly firengthen'd in read-
ing Profeflbr Frank's Account of the Orphan-Houfe at
Hall, near Glaucha. — It feems, in many Circumftances,
to be fo exadlly parallel to my prefcnt Undertaking for
the Poor of Georgia, that I truft the Orphan-Houfe about
to be ereded there, will be carried on and ended with the
like Faith and Succefs. Amen. Avien.

Sunday, Sept. 1 6. Adminiftred the Sacrament, and
had a Love-Feaft afterwards. — Expounded, as ufual, at
Morning and Evening Prayer, and the Power of God
was amongft us. — The Day was calm and clear, — and
tho' we do not go forward much in our Courfe, yet I
truft we (hall every Day be fitted more and more for thofe
various Turns of Providence which I expe6l we {hall

meet with when we come to Shore. Thy Grace,

O Lord, tvill be mare than fufficient for us. Amen, Lord
JESUS, Amcn:

Saturday, Sept, 22. Underwent inexprefiible Agonies
of Soul for two or three Days, at the Remembrance of
my Sins, and the bitter Confequences of them. — Surely
my Sorrows were fo great, I'.at had not God, in the
midjt of them, -comforted my Soul, the Load would have
been unfupportable ! All the while I was afllired God
h^d forgiven me, but I could not forgive jnyfelf, for fm-
riing againfl fo much Light and Love. I felt ibmething
of that which Adam felt when turned out ofParadife;
David, when he was convided of his Adultery ; and
Peter, when with Oaths and Curfes he had Thrice de-
nied his Marten I then, if ever, did truly fmite upon
my ungrateful Breaft, and cry, GOD he merciful to me

a Sinner ! 1 ate but very little, and went mourning

all the Day long. At length, my Lord looked upon me

and with that Look broke my Rocky Heart, and Floods

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of contrite Tears gufhed out before my whole Family,
and indeed 7 wept moft hhtcrly ! — When in this Condi-
tion, I wonder'd not at Peter's running fo flowly to the

Sepulchre, when loaded with the Senfe of his Sin.

Alas ! a Confideration of aggravated Crimes quite took ofF
my Chariot-Wheels, and I drove fo exceeding heavily,
that was I always to fee myfelffuch a Sinner as I am, and
as I did then, without feeing the Saviour of Sinners, I
fliould not fo much as be able to look up.

This latter Part of the Week, bleffed" be the Lord, he
has reftored me to the Light of his Countenance, and en-
larged my Heart to write freely, and praife him with joy-
ful Lips. — Our Ship being got Southwardly into the
Trade-Winds, and the Weather warm, I, and fome of
my Companions, lay upon Deck. — We had the Holy Sa-
crament on the Feillval of St. Matthew ; and tho' we
are like to have a long, yet I trufl it will be a profitable

Voyage to our Souls. Blejfed be GOD that he doesjiill

ehajleyi and correii me, and not give mc over unto Eternal
Death. — It is good for me to be thus affi'iLfed, for thereby I
get an experimental Knowledge of GOD's Law. — Praifa
the Lord, O my Soid !

Sunday, September 23. Had a fweet Sacrament, anc!
Love-Feaft afterwards j — Was much ftrengthen'd, both
in my Morning and Evening Exercifes, and felt fuch un-
fpeakablc Comfort and Warmth of Heart towards my
abfent Friends, as made me for a while forget the Anguifh
I lately felt ; but at Night, a Senfe of my Sins weighed
me down again, and I mourned in my Prayer, and was
vexed. — Alas ! how are they miitaken, that go out of the
World to avoid Temptations. — I never am fo much
tempted, as when confined on Ship-board. A Mercy
this from God, to keep me in Adion, and prepare me

for future Bleflings. Luther fays, lie never undertook

any frcfh Work, but he was either vifued with a Fit of
Sicknefs, or fome ftiong Temptation.- Prayer, Me-
ditation, and Temptation are neceflary Accomplifhments,
in his Account, for every Miniiter. — May I follow him as
ke did CHRIST/

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Saturday, September 29. Aflminifter'd the Holy Sa-
crament this Morning. — Had fair Winds, and lay upon
Deckwith my Companions the greateft Part of the Week.
Have been much ftrengthen'd and alTifted in writing every
Day, an ample Recompence for the Trials of the laft
Week. — Thus does God fometimes humble, and fome-
tlmes exalt, and by all his Difpenfations perfect the rege-
nerate Soul. — Had little Time for Reading, but this Af-^
ternoon was exceedingly ftrengthen'd by perufmg fomq
Paragraphs out of a Book call'd The Preacher^ written by
Dr. Edwards of Cambridge^ and extraded by Mr. Jona-
than JFarn, in his Books, entitled. The Church of Eng-
land-Man turned Dijfenter, and Arm'inianifm the Back-
Door to Popery. — There are fuch noble Teftimonies given
before that Univerfity, of Juftification by Faith only,
the imputed Righteoufnefs of Christ, our having no
Free-will, Is'c. that they deferve to be written in Letters
of Gold. — I fee more and more the Benefit of leaving
written Teftimonies behind us, concerning thefe impor-
tent Points. — They not only profit the prefent, but will

alfo much edify the future Age. Lord, open thou my

Mouth, that I may henceforward /peak more boldly and ex^
plicitely, as I ought to /peak !

Sunday, Sept. 30. Adminifter'd the Holy Sacrament,

and had a Love-Feaft. Expounded with Power in the

Morning to the Sailors, and lent my Cabbin to the Quaker
Preacher in the Afternoon. — He fpoke with much Ear-
neftnefs, but in my Opinion his Foundation was wrong.—
He feem'd to make the Light of natural Confcience, and
the Holy Spirit, one and the fame Thing, and reprefented
Christ within, and not Christ without, as the Foun-
dation of our Faith ;— whereas the outward Righteoufnefs
of Jesus Christ imputed to us, I believe, is the fole
Fountain an4 Caufe of all the inward Communications
which we receive from the Spirit of God.' — Oh that all
of that Pcrfuafion were convinced of this ; 'till they are^
they cannot preach the Truth as it is in JESUS.

Saturday, Osfober 6. Contrary Winds moft Part of

this Week, and made a very flow Progrefs towards Phila-

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ddphia. — Had great Affiftance in Writing, and ftrong
Convi£lions of my pauSins. — Held a clofe Band for fome
Hours this Evening with my whole Family, wherein we
open'd our Hearts, confefs'd our Faults to, and pray'd for
one another. — Do tbou^ 0 great mid 7nighty Fhyficimi of
Souls, hear and heal us. Amen and Amen.

Sunday, OSIober 7. Adminifter'd the Holy Sacrament,

■ — Had a Love-Feaft, and expounded, as ufual. The

Wind blowing very frefti, the Ship-Men were obliged to
attend the Sails, and fo could not come to Publick Wor-
fhip. — Sailed fometimes near Nine Miles an Hour, for
which we endeavoured to praifc the Lord. — Had comfort-
able Communion with God, in interceding for our dear
Friends on Shore, and at Night felt fuch Freedom in my
Spirit from a Load I laboured under, as caufed me to
break out into many Thankfgivings to God. — Every
Day more and more convinces me that the Lord will
fulfil the Defires of tliem that fear him. — He is the Fa-
ther of Mercies ;— He is the God of all Confolations ;— He
can create Comfort out of nothing, and bring Light and
Order out of the greateft Confufion. — This my Soul
knoweth right well. — O wv Soul be not Jlack to praife
Him and love Him for ever and ever f

T'uejday, Qclaber 9. This Morning our whole Ship's
Company was brought to an Allowance of Bread. Two
Biskets a Day for each Perfon ; — but, blefled be God,
thro' the Bounty of Friends at England, as yet my Fa-
mily have got Provlllons enough. — The Lord, in Return^
feed our BenefaSlors with that Bread ivhich corntth doivn
from Heaven !

Friday, O^oher 12. Kept a Family Faft this Day,
that we might afflidl ourfelves brfore our God, to feek a
light Way fOr us and our little ones, and for all our Sub-
Hancc. — I truft it was fuch a Faft as the Lord would
chufe. — His Divine Prefence was amongit us, and we had
good Reafon to hope and believe that the Lord was entreat-
ed for us. — Oh that xve may find more and more Reafon
i'^ fay fo when we come on Shore. I dread going into the
U'^rlcl: But wherefore do 1 far F-^Lcrd, I beliiVi (Oh

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help my Unbelief) that thou wilt keep me unjpotted from
it,

Saturday, OHobcr 13. Still GoD is pleafed to fend
us contrary Winds, but very warm and pleafant Wea-
ther.— The Power of Writing has been in a great Meafur*
taken from me, but God has been with me in Reading,
Expounding, and my other Exercifes of Devotion. — I
have experienced fome blefled Teachings of his Holy Spi-
rit, in convi^ing me of the Pride, Senfuality, and Blind-^
nefs of my own Heart, and of the Advantages Satan has
gain'd over me by working ox). them. — I have alfo been
more enlighten'd to fee into the Myflery of Godlinefs,
God manifeft in the Flefh, and behold more and more o£
God's Goodnefs in letting me have this Time of Retire-
ment to fearch out my Spirit. — I would not but have
come this Voyage for a Thoufand Worlds ; it has been
fweet and profitable to my Soul. — The Length and Con-
tinuance of It highly delights me. Lord^ I want t0

knozv }7jyfelf and Thee. Oh let not the Hurry of Bufinefs^
tvhich awaits me on Shore, prevent my hearing the fmall
Jlill Voice of thy Holy Spirit. — Enable me, as thou didfl thy
Servant Enoch, whether in publick or private Lifgy to
walk with Thee, my God !

Sunday, October 14. Felt God's Power with us, both
at Sacrament and publick Worfliip Morning and Even-
ing.— Was enlarged in Interceflion, and had Reafon to
believe there was a fweet Communion kept up between
us and our Friends on Shore.— The AfTurance of their
Prayers often lifts up my Hands when they hang down,
and ftrengthens my feeble Knees. — The Profpe£t of the
many Changes and Trials which I mufl neceflarily be
expofed to and undergo, fometimes fills me with Fear
and Trembling; but when I refledl that God has ftirr'd
up the Hearts of K's choiceft Servants to pray for me, my
Fears vanifh. Methinks, I could then leap into a burning
fiery Furnace, or bear to be thrown into a Den of de-
vouring Lions. — Lord, make me thus minded in the Hour
of Trial ! — My dear Friends , continue to pray for met
tlut my Faith fail not.

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Saturday^ OSluher 1 9. On Tuefday and Wednefdaf
had the rougheft Weather we have yet met with, but the
iatter Part of the Week has been warm and calm. — All
our frcfli live Stock of every Kind is now gone, but thro*
tlie Divine Bounty in raifing us Friends, we have not
only Food enough for ourfelves, but fome to fpare to the
Ship's Company. — My being on board is every Day more
and more comfortable. — I experience frefh Teachings and
Communications from God's Holy Spirit, and have re-
ceived fome remarkable Anfwers to Prayer, both in re-
fpecl to myfelf and Family. — We are moft of us lufty as
Eagles, and eat our Bread with Gladnefs and Singlenefs
of Heart. — The Lord is pleafed to fill me out of his Di-
vine Fulnefs, and to fbevv me more of the Glories of the
upper World. — I can never be thankful enough for this
fwect Retreat. — How wonderfully does the great and in-
finitely wife God caufe every Thing to work together
ibr our Good! — I want a Thoufand Tongues to praife
\\\m..-—Lct every Thing that hath Breath pratfe the Lard.

Saturday^ OHolcr 27. Came into Soundings on Sun-
day laft ; faw Land on Monday^ and were within a fev^
Leagues of Capen Lopc77, which opens into the Bay whi-
ther we are bound ; but Providence was pleafed to keep
us back by contrary Winds. Met with a Jamaica Brigg
on Thurfday, and had an Opportunity of fending a Packet
by her to my dear Friend Mr. NohJe of AW York. —
Came within Sight of the Land again to Day, but ftill
are kept back. — Blcfled be God I am quite refign'd ; I
]ove my Retirement too well to be fond of leaving it till
the Lord Wills. — Our Provifions grow fcanty, the Peopl^
are put to an Allowance of about half a Pound of Beef for
each in a Day, and we have diminifhed our Family Stock
in helping them.- -In this we rejoice. — However, blcfled
be God, we have got Plenty of Water, and very fair
W'eather, and my Family I think was never in better
Order in refpeft to their Bodies or Souls. — The Lord has
been eipecially gracious unto me, as he always is in the
Tune of any Neceflity. He has been pleafed to give rne
great Freedom ifl writing, and has vouchfafed me fuch
pjentifiil Communications from himfelf, that I have

abundant

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abundant Reafon to cry out. Surely GOD is in thl^
Place!

Lo! GOD is here ! My Soul, adore
And own how dreadful is this Place !

Let all luithin thee feel his Power ^
In Silence bow before his Face ;

To Him let all thy Thoughts arifc^

Ceafelefs accepted Sacrifice !

Sunday, OSlober 28. Felt more of the Divine AOtrt-
ance to Day, than I have fince I have been on board. —
I have been engaged in vi^riting my extempore Sermon ow
the Marriage of Cana. — The Holy Ghoft brought
many Things to my Remembrance; and tho' I have well
drunk of Divine Comforts fince my Retirement already,
yet I may fay with the Governor of the Feaft, Lord, thou
hafi kept the good Wine until Now. Hajlefi that Time.,
O Lord, when I Jhall drink it new in thy Heavenly King-
dom !

Monday, OSlober 29. Had a fweet Opportunity of-
fer'd me to Day of giving a few Sermons, and fomething
out of my little Stock of Provifions to a Captain of a Sloop
and his Company, who had been driven to great Extre-
mity. Oh hoiv gently does GOD^deal with me and ?ninef
How has he confider*d our Weaknefs, and not permitted us
to fall into great Dangers or Wants. — Blejfed be his iJame
fgr everinore. Amen ! Amen !

PetT/ikania. Leivis Town.

Tuefday, OSlober 30. Had fweet Communion with
God laft Night. — Pray'd with, exhorted, and folemnlyr
recommended my Family to the Grace of our Lord JE-
SUS, expecting to go on Shore this Morning. — Being
near Capen Lopen, a Pilot came on Board, in whofe Boat
Brother Seward, myfelf, and anothei dear Friend, went
to Lewis Town, in order that we might go to PhiladA-
phia by Land, and get a Houfe in Readinefs before the
Ship arrived at that Place. — Whilft in the Boat, I hope
each of our Hearts was filled with a Senfe of God's Love.

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and when we reached Lewis Town about Evening, I took
the firft Opportunity of retiring, to vent my Heart in
Praifes and Thankfgiving for his abundant Mercies con-

ferr'd on me and mine. Oh how can I be thankful

enough for his bleffed Voyage ! I have been on board
uft Eleven Weeks, but they have feemed to me only as
o many Days. — My inner Man has been much better'd
by it. — My Knowledge, I truft, in Spiritual Things en-
creafed, my Underftanding cnlighten'd to fee my Cor-
ruptions, and my Heart much enlarged in writing Letters,
and other Things. — The Remembrance of my Humilia-
tions is fweet unto my Soul, and the Freedom which God
has given me over fome darling Failings fills me with Joy
unfpeakable and full of Glory. My Family alfo have
great Reafon to be thankful. — God has been pleafed to
work on many of their Hearts, and 1 believe none of
them repent leaving their native Country. A remarkable
Alteration is to be feen in two Friend's Children, a Boy
and a Girl, .which I brought with me. — They are little
more than three Years old, and can read in the Primmer,
and fing Part of Kcmi's Hymns very prettily. — They
have born the Voyage better than any in the Ship, and
are under careful Difciplinc. They are both generally
cmploy'd either in Working or Reading, and are taught
to make Work their Diverfion. — The little Boy picks
Peafe, and the little GirU fews with her Needle. — The
Proficiency they have made gives me great Satisfaction, .
and I hope is an Earneft of the Improvement that will be
feen in the poor Children that are fhortly to be committed
to my Care. — I cannot fay any remarkable Converfions
have been wrought on board, but many have had ftrong
Convictions ; Lord^ caufe the?n to end in found Coyiver-
f.ons ! Amen. But to return. About Five in the Even-
ing, we landed at Lewis Toivn^ fituated in the Southern '
Part of the Province of Penfihnnia^ and about 150 mea-
furcd Englijh Miles from Pbiludelpbia. The Houfes arc.
moft of them built of Wood ; it is not above half fo big,
but more plentiful, in refpeCl ofProvifion, than Savan-
?tah in Georgia. We had not been long in the Inn, but
(3 CD foon (hewed us he had prepared our Way ; for News
liad been brought a Fortnight ago of my coming hither,
and two or three of the chief Inhabitants being apprized

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of my Arrival, came and fpent the Evening with us. - and
defued me to give them a Sermon on tlie Morrow, wiiich
I promifed to do. — We fuppcd very comfortably together,
and after Prayers, and linging with the Family, I and
my dear Companions went to Reft, admiring more and
more the Goodnefs and Providence of the All-wife God.
He is the great Houlholder of the whole World, and I
look upon all Places and Perfons as fo many little Parts of
his great Family. — 1 pray to him before I go, and I find
in Anfwer to my Prayer, he always commands fome or
other of his Houfhold to take Care of, and provide for
me. — As here's the fame Sun, fo here's the fame God in
America as in England. — 1 blefs God all Places are equal
to me, fo I am where God would have me to be. I hope
I Ihall never account myfelf at Home, till I arrive at my
Heavenly Father's Houfe above. — My Heart is there al-
ready. I long to fhake off this Earthly Tabernacle. — It
fadly confines my Soul. — However, I defire patiently to
tarry till my blelTed Change comes. — 1 would not defire
to reign till I have fuffer'd with my Mafter. Heaven
will be doubly fweet when I am worn out with DiftrelTes
and Perfecutions for the Sake of Jesus Christ. — Lord^
grant I may continiially be looking up to the Glory which is
to be revealed hereafter, and then deal with me as it feem-
€th good in thy Sight, during my Pilgrimage here.

If Rough and Thorny be my Way,
My Strength proportion to my Day ;
1 'jf/V/ Toil and Grief, and Pain Jhall ceafe^
Where all is calm, and Joy and Peace I

Wednefday, O£iober 31. Spent the Morning in Writ-
ing, and fent fome Pruvifions on board for my Fellow-
TravelJers. — Wrote fome Letters, and preached at two
in the Afternoon to a ferious and attentive Congregation.-—
Perfons of different Denojnmations were prefent ; and, as
I heard afterwards, were much aftetSted. Some I oblerved
to weep, and the Congregation WiiS larger than might be
expedlied in fo fmall a Place, and at fo ihort Notice. After
Sermon, the High Sheriff, Collector, and chief Men of
the Place, came and cook an afFe»^lonate Leave of me ;
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and by their means being provided with Horfes and a Guide
for our Journey at a reafonable Expence, about five ia
the Evening we left Lewis Town, and rode very plea-
fantly near 27 Miles through the Woods. About 10 we
called at what they call a Tavern, which was not very
commodious ; but the Hoft and Hoftefs were plain well-
meaning People. — They made us a Cake of unleavened
Bread, let us have a little Cyder, and a few Eggs, and
we went to Bed rejoicing in all the Mercies of God. I
know not when I have felt more Intenfenefs of Love, Peace
and Joy in my Soul fmce I left England J How does God
delight to vifit us when we are out of the World! Oh
that my Heart may he made jnect for fuch a divine Gueji
to reftde in ! Amazing that the high and lofty one that in-
habiteth Eternity Jhould condefcend to dwell in Earthly Ta-
bernacles ! What Jhall I fay unto thee, O thou Prcferver of
Men ? I am lojl in Wonder ! A Senfc of thy Mercies
Jirikes me dumb I

A guilty., zvcak and helplcfs TForm^

Into thy Arms I fall ;
Be thou my Strength and Righteoifnefsy

My Jefus and my All!

Thurfday^ November I. Set out from our little Inn a-
bout eight; dined at Dover, a little Town (19 Miles di-
iknt from our Lodging) from whence (having left a few
Books) we rode as pleafantly and with as much Eafe as
;ho' we were riding through Hide Park. — About eight
in the Evening we came to a more convenient Inn, near
50 Miles diftant from the Place where we lay laft Night.
Our Lord was with us as we came on our Way. — Our
Hearts burnt within us whilft we talked to one another in
Pfalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs. — Oh how glori-
oufly mult the Children of Ifracl pafs tiirough the Wil-
dernefs, when tbev faw God's Prefencc go along with
them. — Lord let it always accojnpany us thy unworthy Ser-
vants (in as furc, though not In the fame vifible Manner}
for -without it we can do nothing /

Friday, Noifniber 1. Roue near 60 Miles without Fa-
tj^'.!t\ ^n^n^ix.'i^i:'^ Philadelphiu before 11 at Night. — As

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I travelled, I obferved the Country was more and more
open, and many fruitful Plantations lay on each Side the
Road ; fo that I frequently thought I was, as it were, in"
Englayid. — Going abroad, if duly improved, cannot but
enlarge our Ideas, and give us exalted Thoughts of the
Greatnefs and Goodnefs of God.— ^ Lord, enable me to
learn this, a?id every other gotid Lejfon for thy dear Sons
Sake.

PHILADELPHIA.

Saturday, November 3. Delivered the Letters commit"
ted to my Charge. Went on board the Elizabeth to fe^
my Family, who arrived lalt Night. — Vifited the Propri-
etor, Commiffary, and fome others. — Was received verv
civilly, and perceived the Town was in great Expedlation
of feeing me. — Met with fome gracious Souls, who dif-
courfed with me fweetly concerning the Things which be-
long to the Kingdom of God. Hired a Houfe at a very
cheap Rate, and was entirely fettled in it before Night. —
Methinks going thus from Place to Place with my Friends,
fomewhat refembles the Patriarch Abraham's frequent Re-
moves, when called to leave his Kindred and his native
Country. Oh that, like him, we may ereH an Altar for
God whitherfoever we go ! BlefTed be his Holy Name, he
hath fent his Angel before us to prepare our Way. All
Things have been ordered for us far above Expe6tation, and
every Thing is fo convenient, that I fear we (hall be tempt-*
ed to fay 'tis good for us to be here: But blefled be God,
wc muft move foon, and learn to endure Hardnefs like
good Soldiers of Jefus Chrift. Lord, for thy iytfaite Mer^
cics fake keep usjiriving till we die !

Saturday, November 4. Read Prayers and aflifted at the
Communion in the Morning. Dined with one of the
Church- Wardens, and preached in the Afternoon to a
large Congregation. Went in the Evening to the Qua-
ker's Meeting, and felt fomewhat of a Sympathy with the
Man that fpoke. But I heartily wifh they would talk of
an Outward as well as Inward Chrift. For otherwife we
make our own Holinefs, and not the Righteoufnefs of Je-
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fus Chrift the Caufe of our being accepted by God. Front
fuch Dodlrinc may I always turn away !

Monday y Novsmher 5. Read Prayers and preached to a
large Auditory. Dined with the other Church- Warden,
and had fome clofe and edifying Converfation about our
Juftification by Faith in Christ, .Was vifited in the
Afternoon by \h& Presbyterian Minifter. Went after-
wards to fee the Baptifl Teacher, who feems to be a fpi-
ritual Man, and fpent Part of the Evening moft agreeably
■with two loving Qiiakers. Had remarkable Inftances of
God's anfwering our Prayers which we put up on board
Ship, and that in the minuted Particulars. O that I may
watch G OD's particular Providcj;ce fnore and more ! It
comforts and builds up my Soul. How unhappy muft they
be who would exclude it out of the World ! Surely fuch
muft wander about in worfe than Egyptian Darknefs. To
live without a Senfe of God's particular Providence, is in
Kffet^l to live witliout God in the World. From fuch a
State good Lord deliver me.

Tuefday, Novernher 6. Read Prayers and preached in
the Morning, having the \}\t of the Pulpit granted me
for the whole Week. Went at the Invitation of its Father,
to the Funeral of a Quakci's Child, and thought it my
Duty, as there was a great Concourfe of People at the
Burving-Place, and no one of the Qiiakers fpoke, to give
a Word of Exhortation. I hc^e this will be a Means of
making them more free in coming to hear the Word, tho'
preach'd witiiin a Church W^all, Oh that Bigotry and
Prejudice were bamflied out of the Chrillian World.
Lordi let it not be once named among us^ as hecometh Saints j
Amen, Lord Jefus, Amen.

Was vifited again in tiie Evening by the Presbyterian
?.nd Baptift Preachers, who were much rejoiced to hear
Jefus Chnft preached in the Church. Whilfl I was con-
verfing v/ith them, fome Women came defiring they
might be admitted toPravers with my Family. Looking
on this as a Hint from Providence, I called them up,
and felt much Enlargement of Heart in exhorting them,
and pouring out my Heart before God in their Behalf.
Many came up afterwards, whom I defired to take the

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tiberty, if they thought proper, to come again every
Night. Who knows but the Lord may be about to open
a yet more eflpedual Door ? O prepare me to do thy IVill,
O God!

TVednefday, November 7. Read Prayers and preached in
the Church. Dined with Mr, Penn the Proprietor, and
praved with, and gave a Word of Exhortation to more
than a Room full of People who came, as laft Night, to
hear the Gofpel of Chrift. Blefled be God I found much
Liberty of Spirit, but having taken Cold was obliged to
leave ofF fooner than otherwife I fhould have done. How-
ever, in the midft of the Weaknefs and Diforder of my
Body, the feeing People come fo gladly to heard the Word
refrefhed and comforted my Soul. — Lord^ make it ?«y only
Joy to fee thy Kingdom advanced and carried on. Amen
and Amen.

Thurfday, November 8. Read Prayers and preached to
a more numerous Congregation than I have feen yet. Dined
with an honeft, open-hearted, true Ifraelitijh Quaker. Had
a fweet Opportunity with him and his Family of talking
about Jefus Chrift and him crucified, and preached at Six
in the Evening from the Court-houfe Stairs to about 6000
People. Blefled be God, I fiiid the Number that came on
Tuejday to my Houfe greatly increafed and multiplied. The
Inhabitants were very follicitous for my preaching in ano-
ther Place befides the Church. For it is quite contrary
here to what it is in England. There the generality of
People think a Sermon cannot be preached well without;
here they do not like it fo well if delivered within the
Church Walls. Lord, grant I Ttiay become all Things to all
Men, that I may gain fame, and preach the Gofpel in every
Place and in every Manner, as well as to every Creature!

Friday, November 9. Read Prayers and preached as u-
fual in the Morning, and perceived the Congregation ftill
encreafed. Vifited a fickPerfon, to whom I was fent for,
and perceived the Power of the Lord was prefent, both
with him and thofe that attended him : Moft wept forely
at the Preaching of Faith. Was vifited in a kind manner
by the Minifler of the Parifh, and preached again at fix in

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the Evening from the Court-Houfe Steps. I believe there
were near 2000 more prefent to-night than lart Night.
Even in London I never obferved fo profound a Silence. —
Before I came all was hufh'd and exceeding quiet. The
Night was clear, but not cold. Lights were in moft of the
Windows all around us for a confiderable Diftance. The
People did not feem weary of ftanding, nor was I weary of
ipeaking. The Lord endued me with Power from on
high. My Heart was enlarged and warm'd with divine
Love. My Soul was carried out in Prayer, that I thought
I could have continued my Difcourfe all Night. After I
came home, fome defired to join in Family Prayer, and
in that Excercife the Divine Prefence was manifeft amongft
us. Surely God has a Favour unto this People. At pre-
fent they feem moft gladly to receive and fweetly to mek
tinder the Word. Lord^ I befeech thee^ Jhew forth thy
Glory more and more^ and graJit that much People in this
Place may be enabled to believe on thee^ even Jo Lordjefus !

Saturday^ November 10. Before it was Light, came a
young Perfon whom I obferved to be much affected laft
Night, defiring to join in Prayer; and after our Devotions
Vfexe ended, flie put into ray Hands the following Letter.

« Oh what fliall I fay to exprefs my Thanks I owe to

* my good God, in and from you tlirough Jefus Chriji,

* which you have been the happy Inftrument of begin-

* ning in my Soul ; and if you have any Regard to a poor,
« miferable, blind and naked Wretch, that's not only

* Duft, but Sin, as I am confident you have, you will in

* nowife re'iedl my humble Requeft, which is that I, even

* I, may lay hold of this blefled Opportunity of forfaking

* all, in order to perfevere in a virtuous Gourfc of Life.

* Defpife not thou thine Hand- maiden : But oh let mc
« fay, as Ruth the Moahitejs faid to her Mother-in-law, In-

* treat me not to leave thee, or to return from following af-

* ter thee, for whither thou gorjl I will go, and when

* thou art, there will i be afo^ thy People Jliall be my People y

* and thy God my God.— Thus am I fully determined.

* I pray and beg that you would not defpife thy poor for-

* lorn and deftitute T ellow-creature, and the Lord recom-

* pence thy Work, and a full Reward be given unto thee

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* of the Lord Jefus Chrift, under whofe Wings I an\

* come to truft.'

Soon after came a little Maid about feven Years of Age,
telling me Ihe heard I took little Children to Georgia^ and
defired me to take her. In the remaining Part of the
Morning feveral gracious Souls of different Communions
paid me a moft loving Vifit, and my Heart was much re-
freflied with their pious Converfation. About 1 1 I read
Prayers, and preached in the Church to a larger Audience
than before. Dined with the Minifter of the Parifh, and
at my Return home was much comforted by the coming
of one Mr. Tennent an old grey-headed Difciple and Sol-
dier of Jefus Chrift. He keeps an Academy about 20
Miles off Philadelphia, has been blefled with four gra-
cious Sons, three of which have been and ftill continue to
be eminently ufeful in the Church of Chrift. He brought
three pious Souls along with him, and rejoiced me by
letting me know how they had been evil fpoken of for their
Mafter's Sake. He is a great Friend to Mr. Erskine of
Scotland, and, as far as I can find, both he and his Sons are
fecretly defpifedby the generality of the Synod, as Mr. Ers-
kine and his Brethren are hated by the Judicatories of E-
dinburgh, and as the Methodiji Preachers are by their Bre-
thren in England. Though we are but few, and ftand as*
it were alone like Elijah, and though they, like the Priefts
of Baal, are many in Number, yet I doubt not but the
Lord will appear for us, as he did for that Prophet, and
make us more than Conquerors.

About three went to the Prifon, and preached on the
trembling Jailor. The Place was crowded, and many
wept. Returned home with the Swedijh Minifter and
old Mr. Tennent. Converfed of the Things of God for
a confiderable Time, then preached in the Evening to as
large a Congregation as there was laft Night from the
Court-houfe Stairs. Satan endeavoured to interrupt us a-
bout the middle of the Difcourfe, for the People were
frightened with they knew not what, but they were foon
at Peace again. I preached above an Hour, and when I
had finiftied, the People feemed unwilling to go away, io
I began to pray afrefti, and I hope the Lord fent them
home with his Blefling. Many, to my Knowledge,

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iiave been already quickened and awakened to fee that Re>^
ligion does not confifl in outward Things, but in Rigiite-
oufncfs. Peace, and Joy in the Holy Ghoft. Oh that
they may not only recei-oe the Word with Joy for a Seaforiy
hut bring forth Fruit unto Perfe£tion !

After Preaching, my Houfe was filled with People who
came in to join in Pfalms and Family Prayer. My Body
was fomewhat weak, but the Lord ftrengthened and en-
larged my Heart. Many wept moll bitterly whillt I was
praying. Their Hearts, I believe, were loaded with a
Senfe of Sin, the only Preparative for the Soul-refrcihing
Vifitations of Jefus Chrilh Blelled be the Lord for fend-
ing me hither. This has been a Day of fat Things.
Lord^ give me Humility and make me truly thankful. A-
men. Lord Jefus.

Sunday^ November ii. Read Prayers in the Morning.
Dined with the Colledtor, Preached in the Afternoon to
a very thronged Congregation. Viflted one fick Perfon,
and adminiftred the Holy Sacrament to another, who has
received no fuch inward Peace and Comfort for thefe
twelve Years, as God was pleafed to communicate to her
Soul at this Time. Not unto me^ O Lord, not unto 7ne^
but unto thy Name be all the Glory. For ever adored be
the Divine Goodnefs, the Gofpcl has taken Root in ?nany
Hearts. Aflbon as I come home, my Houfe is generally
filled with People defirous to join in Pfalms and Prayers.
They are fo eager after the Bread of Life, that they fcarce
can give mc time to take bodily Rcfrcfhment and proper
Retirement in my Clofet. God, I am perfuaded, has a
Favour unto them. My Power and Freedom of Speech
mcreafes daily, and thij? Afternoon I was carried out much
in bearing my Teltimony againfl: the unchriftian Prin-
ciples and Practices of the generality of our Clergy.
Three of my Reverend Brethren were prefent, I know
not whether they were ofi:ended. I endeavoured to fpeak
with Mecknefs as well as Zeal ; and I find the Neceility
more and more of difcovcring thofe that are only Wolves
m Sheep's Cloathing. Was I to convert Papifls, my Bu-
finefs would be to fhew they were mifguided by their
Priefts ; and if I want to convince Church oi E "gland
Proteftants, I mult prove that the generality of their

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't'eachers do not preach or live up to the Truth as it is in
Jefus. For in vain do we hope to fet People right till we
demonftrate that the Way which they have been taught is
wrong. Perhaps this may coft me my Life : But what
have I to do with that ?

My L'lfe^ my Bloody I here prefent^
If for thy Canfe they ?nay be fpent.
Fulfil thy Sovereign Ccunfel^ Lord^
Thy Will be done, thy Name ador''d !
Give me thy Strength, O God ofPo-afr %
Then let IVinds blow, or Thunders roar^
Thy faithful IVitnefs will I be ;
"Tis fix'd : I can do all for Thee !

Philadelphia^ Burlington, and l^rent To".vn ill 1
the Jerjeys.

Monday, November 12. Left a large Packet of Letters,
and fome Things for the Prefs, to be fent by the Conflan-
tine. Captain IVright, to London. A Man came to me
this Morning, telling me what God had done for his Soul
by my preaching of Faith. Pie feem'd deeply convinced
of Sin, and faid he was drawn out by God's Spirit to pray
laft Night, fo that he lifted up his Voice like a Trumpet,
for which he was immediately looked upon by his Mafter
^nd the Family as a Madman. I never yet knew one
truly awakened who did not commence a Fool for Chrift's
Sake. Was pleafed to fee feveral tender Souls come to
Family Prayer. Indeed I have great Reafon to believe a
^ood Work is begun in many Hearts. Lord, carry it m
for thy dear Son's Sake I At my firft Arrival at Phila-
delphia, I received a Letter which had been left for me
three Months, and in which there was a prefTing Invita-
tion fent me by one Mr. Noble, (a Spiritual Man) in the
Behalf of many others, to come to Nevj York. On Fri-
day I received another from the fame Perfon ; which
looking like the Call given St. Paul, when the Man ap-
peared to him, faying, Co?nc oyer to Macedonia, and help
Us, I this Morning, in the Name and Strength of God, fet
c<us for that Place, Four choice Hoxfes were lent to me
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and my Friends, and more we m/ght I%^ve had, had there
been Occafion. About One we got fafe to Burlingtoyi in
the Jcrfcys, (20 Miles from Philadelphia) where I was
importuned to preach as I went along. — The Gentle-
jhan who gave me the Invitation, received me and my
Friends in as fvveet a Manner as can well be imagined.
Immediately after Dinner I read Prayers and preached in
the Church, to a mixed but thronged and attentive Con-
gregation. I fcarce know the Time when I have fpoken
wirh greater Simplicity and Freedom. The Holy Spirit
fweetly gave me Utterance, and I perceived feveral much
afFccled. — The poor People were very importunate for
my flaying with them all Night, and giving them ano-
ther Difcourfe ; but it being inconfiftent with my Bufinefs,
(with great Regret) about Five in the Evening we took our
Leaves, and by Eight o' Clock reached Ti'cnt, another
Town in the Jerfeys. It being dark^ ws went out of
our Way a little in the Woods. But God fent a Guide
to direct u§ aright. Whilft I was riding, I felt the Spirit
of God infufnig frefli Supplies of Grace into my Heart.
\Ve had a comfortable Refrefhment when we reached our
Inn, and went to Reft in Peace and joy. Lord^ teach me
to be thankful. Amen and Amen.

Tuefday, November 13. Left T?v«if Town about Six in
the Morning. Had a Iweet and pleafant Journey, and
reached Bmnfwick, 30 Miles dillant, about One. Here wc
•were much refrefhed with the Company of Mr. Gilbert
Temient, an eminent DilTenting Minifter about 40 Years
of Age, Son to that good old Alan who came to fee me on
Saturday at Philadelphia. GoD I find has been pleafed
greatly to own his Labours. He and his Aflbciates arc
now the burning and fliining Ligiits of this Part of Jme-
rica. He recounted to me many remarkable Effufions of
the Blefled Spirit which have been fent down amongll
them ; and one may judge of their being true, faithful
Soldiers of Jefus Chrifl, hecaufe they are every where
fpoken evil of by natural Men. The Devil, and carnal
recure Minifters rage horribly againft them. Several pi-
ous Souls came to fee me at his Houfc, with whom I took
fweet Counfel. At their Requefl:, and finding there was a
general Expedation of hearing me, / read the Church Li-

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turgy^ and preached in the Evening at Mr, TVww^w/'jJ'/tv?-
ing-Hotife. — For there is no Place fet apart for the Wor-
ihip of the Church of £«^/^tt6^ ; and it is common, as I
was told, in America^ for the DifTenters and Conformifts
to worfhip at different Times in the fame Phice. Oh
that the Partition Wall was broken down, and ive all with
one Heart and one Mind could glorify our cotnmon Lord and
Saviour Jefus Chriji !

At my firft getting up I was fomewhat weak and dry,
but God renewed my Strength, and enabled me to fpeak
with Freedom and Power. I was above an Hour in my
Sermon, and I truft I fhall hear it was not preached in
vain. Paul may plant J Jpollosiuater; thoUjLordy only canj}
give the Increafc !

Wednefday, November 14. Set out from Brunfwicky in
Company vi^ith my dear Fellow-Travellers, and my wor-
thy Brother and Fellow-Labourer A-lr. Tennent. As we
palled alorig we fpent our Time moil agreeably in telling
one another what God had done for our Souls. He re-
counted to me many fweet rnftances of God's ikiving
with his Heart, and how Grace, at lail, overcame all
his Fightings againft God, About Noon we got to Eli-
zabeth Town, 22 Miles from Brunfwick. Here we took
Boat, and about Four reached N'eiu-Tork, where we were
fnoft affedlionately received by the Family of Mr. Noble.
As foon as we had refreflied our Bodies by eating a little
Food, and our Souls by giving of Thanks, I waited upon
Mr. Fejpy the Commillary, but he was not at Home:
Then 1 went to the Meeting Houfe to hear Mr, Gilbert
Tennent preach, and never before lieard fuch a fearching
Sermon. ' He went to the Bottom indeed, and did not
daub with untemperecj Mortar. He convinced me more
and more that we can preach the Gofpel of Chriil no fur-
ther than we have experienced the Power of it in our own
Heart; Being deeply convi6led of Sin, and driven from
Time to Time off his falfe Bottom and Dependencies.,
by God's Holy Spirit at his firft Converiion, he has
learned experimentally to diiVedl the Heart of a natural
Man. Hypocrites mull either foon be converted, er en-
raged at his Preaching. He is a Son of Thunder, and
dues not fear the Faces of Men. He is deeply fenUble of
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3 6 Mr. W H I T E F I E L d' J Journal

the Deadnefs and Formality of the Chriftian Church i^
thefe Parts, and has given noble Teftimonies againft it.
After Sermon we fpent the Evening together at Mr.
Noble's Houfe. At their Requeft I expounded and prayed,
and after we had fung a Pfalm, we took our Leaves of
each other, and went to Refl:. My Soul was humbled
and melted down with a Senfe of God's Mercies, and I
found more and more what a Babe and Novice I was in
the Things of Go-D.—Blejfed J ESUS, grant I may
make continual Advances "'till I come to a p;rfe£i Man in
ifhce I

Thur/dayt November 15. Had feveral come to fee me
at my Lodgings, who alfo gave me kind Invitations to
their Houfes. — Waited upon Mr. FeJ/ey^ ^^^ could wifh,
for his own Sake, he had behaved in a more Chriftian
Manner. —He fcem'd to be full of Anger and Refentment,
and before I asked him for the Ufe of his Pulpit, denied
it. — He defired to fee my Letters of Orders, I told him
they were left at Philadelphia. — He asked me for a Li-
cenfe. — I anfwered, I never heard that the Biihop of Lo7i-
don gave any Licenfe to any one that went to preach the
Gofpel in Georgia, hut that I was prefented to the Living
oi Savannah by the Truftees, and upon that Prefcntation
had Letters Dimifibry from my Lord of London, which
I thought was Authority fufficient. — But this was by no
Means fatisfa^lory. — He charged me with breaking my
Oath, for breaking the Canon, which enjoir.s Minillcrs
and Church- Wardens not to admit Pcnons into their Pul-
pit without a Licenfe. Alas ! How can I break that,
when I am neither a Church- Warden, nor have any
Church hereabouts to admit any one into? Upon this,
hearing he was a Frequenter of Publick Houfes, I re-
minded him of that Cano/i which forbids the Clergy to
go to any fuch Places. — This, tho' fpoke in the Spirit of
Meekneis, ftirr'd up his Corruptions more and more. —
He charged me with making a Difturbance in Philadel-
fhia, and fowing and caufmg Divifions in other Places. —
But you, fays he, have a NecefTity laid upon you to
preach 5 I told him I had. — For the Clergy and Laity Ov
our Church feem'd to be Settled on their Lees, but my
End in Preaching was nut to fow Divifions, but to pro-

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pagate the pure Gofpel of Jesus Chris t. — He faid
they did not want my Affiftance ; I repHed, if they did
preach the Gofpel, I wifhed them good Luck in the Name
of the Lord. — But as he had denied me the Church with-
out my asking for the Ufe of it, I would preach in the
Fields, for all Places were alike to me. — Yes, fays he, I
find you have been ufed to that. After this, he taxed
me with cenfuring my Superiors. I told hirn I was nd
Refpeder of Perfons ; if a Biftiop committed a Fault, I
would tell him of it ; if a common Clergyman did not
ad aright, I would be free with him alfo, as well as with
a Layman. — Whilft we were talking, he called for fome
Wine, and I drank his Health ; foon after, he rofe up,
faid he had Bufmefs to do ; and (as we were going out)
full of Refentment, faid to Mr. Noble, who accompanied
me, with Brother Seivard^ — Mr. Noble^ as you fent for
this Gentleman, fo I defire you will find him a Pulpit. —
Alas ! alas! what manner of Spirit are the Generality of
the Clergy pq/fejfed with ? Is this the Spirit of the meek
Lamb of God ? Are thefe the Fruits of the Holy Gh ost,
which they pretend to be moved with when they take
Holy Orders? — It cannot be. — Surely the Kingdom of
God will be taken from them. The Curfe that fell oji
ElPs Sons, I fear, will light on them. They caufe the
Sacrifices of God to be abhorr'd. Their Bigotry, if it
was nothing elfe, in Time would deftroy them. Lord,
for thy Mercfs Sake, lighten their Darkyicfs, and grmii
that 7nar^y of the Priejfs alfo may be obedient to the Faith !

Dined with Mr. Pemberton, the Presbyterian Mini-
fter. — Preached in the Fields to upwards of Two Thou-
fand about Three in the i^fternoon, and expounded at
Six in the Evening to a very thronged and attentive Au-
dience in Mr. Pemberton's Meeting- Houfe. — At Hrft, for
the Sake of my weak Brethren, I was unwilling to preach
there, but hearing that Mr. VeJJey the Commiflary himfeUt
had prpachpd in the Dutch Calviniftical Meeting-Houfe,
when there was no Place of Worfhip for the People of our
own Communion, and the Dutch Meeting-Houic Hemg
denied me, as' well as the Church, I thought it my L'-ity
to accept of the kind Offer made me by Mr. Petnhen^ ■
jind his Friends. — In the Field fome few mock-ed, bitt
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more ferious. At Night the People feem'd exceedingly-
attentive, and I have not felt greater Freedom in Preach-
ing, and more Power in Prayer, and a flronger Witnefs
of the Spirit, fince I came into America, than I have had
here at New York. — I find it has been a fecure Place, and
but Httle of the Work of God feen in it for many Years.
Oh that this may he the accepted T'vne ! Oh that this may
be the Day of their Salvation !

Friday^ November 1 6. Preached at Three in the Af-
ternoon to a lovely Congregation in the Meeting-Houfe,
jt being too. cold to go out into the Fields. Expounded
again in the Evening, at the fame Place, to a far greater
Congregation than I have feen here yet. — Great Multitudes
returned Home for w^ant of Room. — God enabled me to
preach with Power, and I hope fome Good will be done,
becaufe Satan is difturb'd. — After Evening Service, I was
told by feveral Perfons, that the Conftables of the Town
had been placed at the Door of the Englijh Church, left
jny Adherents, encouraged by me, fhould break it open,
and take it by Force. — Well may the Heads of our Church
People be faid to reje6l the Kingdom of God againft
themfelves. I fear God will fhortly \2.\.q. it from them.
They fo imitate the Scribes and Pharifees in their Crimes,
I fear they will be made Partakers of tiicir i\ini{liment !
Oh that they would jee in this their Day., the Things ivhicb
belong to their Peace, before they are hid from their Eyes I

Saturday, Ncvejnher i-j. Preached as ufual in the Af-
ternoon, at the Meeting-Houfe, to a full Congregation ;
and again at Night to a great Multitude ftanding round
the Doors, befides thofe that were within. Woe be unto
thofe who by their Bigotry, Prcjudfce, and Party Zeaj,
oblige us to preach the Gofpel in fo confined a Place ! But
no Matter, this, as well as every Thing elfe, flaall he
over ruled for the Good of Christ's Church. — Had the
Pleafure of hearing tl^at fome blefled Effli^ts had been pro-
duced by the Preaching of the Word, and feveral expiel's'd
a ftrong Jnclinatipn to go with me. — When God will
work, who can hinder .? ' Prqifed be the Lord, xvho daily
JIjcWs me this is the Way wherein I J})ould go : Lordy make
me ever humble and thankful !

Sunday^

-fit NEW^TORK. 3§

Sunday, November 1 8. Preached this Morning by
tight o' Clock, unto a very attentive Auditory ; vi^ent to
the Englif}} Church, both Morning and Evening, and
felt my Heart almoft bled vv^ithin me, to confider v^^hatv
blind Guides were fent forth into her. — If I have any
Regard for the Honour of Christ, and Good of Souls,
I muft lift up my Voice like a Trumpet, and (hew how
fadly our Church Minifters are fallen from the Dodlrines
of the Reformation. — Her Prophets prophefy Lies, and I
fear many of the People love to have it /*. — It Is high
Time, O Lord, that thou have Mercy upon Sion. Oh let
that Time JJjortly come !

In the Second Leflbn in the Morning were thefe Verfcs,
and feme I found made an immediate Application of
them, by looking on mej John, Chap. x. Ver. 19^
There was a Divifion therefor^ again among the Jezus for
thefe Sayings, Verfe 20. And many of theyn faid, he hath
a Devil, and is mad, why hear ye him ? Others faidy
Thefe are not the Words of him that hath a Devil. — In
the Evening, a vaft Multitude flock'd to hear the Word ;
Ibme petition'd the Mayor to have the Ufe of the Town-
Hall, but it was denied : Then we thought of expound-
ing out of a Window, and to let the People ftand in the
Street: But at laft, with much Difficulty, I got into the
Meeting- Houfe, and the People being prevail'd on to
open the Windows, Numbers could hear that flood on
the Outfide. God. was pleafed to enlarge my Heart, and.
I was prefied in Spirit to bear my Teftimony againffc the
Doflrine delivered in the EngliJ}) Church, both Morning
and Evening. Tho' it may feem a hard Saying to many,
yet our People need be caution'd againft the Generality of
the Scribes and Pharifees of our Communion, as much as
the "Jews were caution'd to beware of the Scribes and

Pharifees by our dear Lord Jesus. After Sermon,

many Perfons came to pray with me, and take their laft
Farewel. —They alfo gave me Tokens of their Love, and
I had great Reafon to believe God has begun a good
Work in New-Tork. — I have not felt fuch Freedom and
Sweetnefs of Soul fmce I have been in America : One
Reafon I believe is, becaufe I have been fomewhat un-
commonly oppofed. — Saw my Sermon on Regeneration

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40 Mr, W H I T E 1^ I E L d'^ Journal

Advertifed in the Neiv England Paper, and gave Leave
for my Anfwer to my Lord of London to be printed at
IJeiv-York.

About Ten at Night, havfng fpent fome Time in
Prayer, I took Boat with my Friends, and had a pleafant
Paflage to .a Place about half Way to Elizabeth Town:^
where we lay down with Joy and Thankfulnefs for the
great Things the Lord had fhewn us. — Oh that I was duly
fenjible of bis dijliyiguljhing Mercies !

Monday^ November ic). Took Boat about Five in thei
Morning, and reached Elizabntb Tozvn Point at Seven. —
Spent the Morning in writing Letters and my Journal,
and in Religious Converfation with dear Mr. Tcnneyit^
Mr. Noble:, and other Friends who accompanied me. —
Paid a Vifit to Mr. Vanghan^ the Minifter of the Church
of England in Elizabeth Tcwn^ who, as I heard after-
wards, had preached againfl me, and faid I fhould not
have theUfeof his Pulpit. — Dined with Mr Dickerfon;
the Difienting Miniller, who had fent a Letter of Invi-
tation to Ncvj-Tork^ and ofFer'd me the Ufe of his Meet-
mg-Houfe. — About Twelve I preach'd in it, according
to Appointment, to upwards of yco People, many of
whom feemed much afFe-fted, and God was pleafed to'
open my Mouth agaitift both Minifters and People among
the Dillenters, who hold the Truth in Unrighteoufnefs,
contenting themfelves with a bare fpeculative Knowledge
of the Dodtrines of Grace, but never experiencing the
Power of them in their Hearts. — Thefe jhall receive thi
greater Condemnation I

NEW BRVN SWICK.

Tttefday^ November 20. Reached hither about Six lafS
Night, and preached about Noon, for near Two Hours,'
in worthy Mr. T'ennenf's, Meeting- Houfe, to a large Af-
fembly gather'd together from all Parts; and amongft
them, as Mr. Tennent told me, there was a great Body
of fulid Chriftians. About Three in the Afternoon, I
preacii'd again, and at Seven 1 baptized two Children,
and preached a third Time with greater Freedom than at
Kit her of the former Opportunities,— It is impoffible to tell

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with what Pleafure the Children of God heard thofe
Truths confirm'd by a Minifter of the Church of England'-)
which for many Years have been preached to them by
their own Paftor. — Mr. Tennenfs Oppofers Mouths were
ftopt, feveral were brought under ftrong Convictions, and
our Lord's dear Difciples were ready to leap for Joy. T(5
me the Meeting feemed to be hke the Meeting of the
Twelve Tribes, when they came from difFerent Parts to
worfhip the Lord at 'Jervjalcm. — Among others that came
to hear the Word, were feveral Minifters whom the Lord
has been pleafed to honour, in making Inftruments of
bringing many Sons to Glory. One was a Dutch Cal-
viniftical Minifter, mmed Freeing Houfcn, Paftor of a
Congregation about Four Miles off" New Brwijwick ; he
is a worthy old Soldier of Jesus Christ, and was the
Beginner of the great Work which I truft the Lord is
carrying on in thefe Parts. — He has been ftrongly oppofed
by his carnal Brethren, but God has always appeared for
him in a furpriiing Manner, and made him more than
Conqueror, thro' his Love. — He has long fmce learnt to
fear him only who can deftroy both Bodv and Soul in
Hell. —Another was one Mr. Crofs, Minifter of a
Congregation at Barking-Bridge, about Twenty Miles
from BrunJzuicL — A moft remarkable Out-pouring of the
Spirit has been frequently yr^?z in his AfTembly, for which
he has been oppofed much by natural Men. — He himfelf
told me of many wonderful EfFefts, and fudden Conver-
fions that had been wrought by the Lord under his Mi-
niftry. — For fome Time Eight or Nine ufed to cottie to
him together, in deep Diftrefs of Soul ; and I think he
faid. Three Hundred of his Congregation, which is not
very large, were effedually brought Home to Christ;
but tho' they are the excellent ones of the Earth, they are
look'd upon as Enthufiafts and Madmen, and treated as
fuch by thofe who know not God, and are ignorant of
the hidden Life of Jesus Christ in their Hearts. He
indeed is one who I believe would rejoice to fufFer for the

Lord Jesus. — Oh! that I may be like minded! A

Third Minifter was one Mr. Camel^ who has been a

Preacher of the Doctrines of Grace for thefe Four Years,-

was a regular moral Liver, and accounted a very good

F ' Man,

'43 Mr. W H I T E F I E L d' J Joumal

Man, but within thefe few Months being convinced of
Sin, and that he knew nothing experimentally of Jesus
Christ, tho' he had pretended to preach him fo lono:,
after many Struggles with himfelf, he told the Synod he
was unconverted, and therefore dared not preach 'till he
was ; accordingly, he has left off" preaching thefe Two
Months, and has labour'd under unfpeakable Anguifh and
Diltrefs of Soul. — By fome he is look'd upon as melan-
choly, and befides himfelf; but I had much Difcourfe with
him, and really believe thefe Humiliations will prepare
him for great and eminent Services in the Church of
GoEf. — His Cafe puts me in Mind of Proteffor Franks
who being on EaJ}er-Day to preach on the Nature of
pivine Faith, and finding he had not that Faith himfelf,
was convi6led by God of his unregenerate State, upon
which he ran into the Woods, was there deeply humbled,
and at lad became a mofl exalted Inftance of Faith. At
our Perfuafion, Mr. C-a/W' prom i fed to preach next Sun-
day, and I believe will be inftrumental in convicting
many Heart Hypocrites among the Diffentinj Miniflers. —
For that there are many fuch is evident from this ; — tho'
they hold, and have been bred up in, and preach the
Do£lrincs of Grace, yet whenever the Power '.f God ap-
pears in any Congregation, they cry it down as much as
our A/Iinifters of the Church of England. Oh that the
l^ord may cotnfort poar Air. Camel, aiid canf4 him to de-.

ten thefe If'ohes in Sheep's Ckathing ' With thefe

Minifters, and many otlier Difciples of our dear Lord
Jesus, \ took fweet Counfel ; we eat our Bread with
Gladnefs and Singienefs of Heart, and comforted ourfclves
with this Confidtration, that thu' we mufl be fcpaiated
from each other on Earth, yet we fhould fit down to cat
Bread Ayith Abraham., Jjaac, and Jacob., in the Kingdom
of Heaven. Hajlen, O Lord, thii bleiJid Tuner Ok
v^bcn will thy J^inrcicrji (om( I

Mcilihihead^ and '^frent-To^un,

Wednef/Iay.., Novemler 21. Set out earl v, with about

9 Score in Company, tor Maidenhead, a little more than

Twenty Miles from Urwrfwiek, where, at Mr. Temient^

■ f»t;^u£ff, \ had appointed to ^.rcach a? to Daj . — .A,t Noon

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Vi got thither, and I preached from a Waggon \o about
1500 Perfons on the Converfion of SauU and God waS
pleafed to diredt my VV<^rds, and enabled me to fpeak fo
fuitably to the Condition of the poor defpifed Chriftians
in thofe Parts, that they know not well how to exprefs
their Satisfaction. The Lord is gracious in all his Ways^
and wonderful in all his Works I Oh that I cotdd praife
him as I ought ! Here one Mr. Rotulandy another faith-
ful Miniller of Jesus Christ, gave us the Meeting. —
He has been a Preacher about Two Years, has went
about doing Good, and had many Seals to his Miniftry. — -
Much of the Simplicity of Christ was difcernable in
his Behaviour. Bl^^ed be G O D for fending forth fuch
burning and Jhining Lights in the Midji of the thick Dark-
nefs that is upon the Face of this Generation ! — Thou Lotd
of the Harvejl, fend forth more fuch Labourers into thy

Harveft ! After Sermon, we were kindly entertain'd

at a Houfe near the Place where I preached, and being
ftrongly defired by many, and hearing a condemn'd Ma-
lefactor was to fufFer there that Week, in Company with
above Thirty Work, I went to Trent Town^ Ten Miles
from Maidenhead^ and reached thither by Five in the
Evening. — Here God was pleafed to humble my Soul,
and bring my Sins to Remembrance, fo that I could
fcarcc hold up my Head. — However, knowing that God
called, I went out trufting in his Divine Strength, and
preached in the Court-Houfe ; and tho* I was quite bar-
ren and dry at the Beginning of my Difcourfe, yet God
enabled me to fpeak with great Sweetnefsj Freedom, and
Power, before I had done. Tiie unhappy Criminal
feem'd harden'd, but I had great Reafon to believe fome
Good was done in the Place. Lordy fend forth ethers to
carry it on^ for thy dear Son's Sake I

Trent To^xn^ and Nefiivnifii,

Thmfday^ Ncvnnhcr 11. Set out for Nejhamini (twenty
Miles diitant from Trent Town) where old A4r. Tennent
lives, and keeps an Academy, and where I was to preach
to Day, according to Appointment. About Twelve we
came thither, and found above 3OCO People gather'd to-
gether in the Meeting Houfe Yard > and Mr* William
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44 ^^' WHITEFlELD'i "joumol

Tennent, and eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, preach*
ing to them, becaufe we had flayed beyond the Time ap-
pointed. When I came up, he foon ftopp'd, and fung a
Pfalm, and then I began to fpeak as the Lord gave me
Vtterance. — At firft the People feem'd unafFeded, but in
the midftof my Difcourfe, the Pouter of the Lord Jesus
came upon me, and I felt fuch a Struggling within my-
felf for the People, as I fcarce ever felt before — The
Hearers began to be melted down immediately, and cry-
much ; and we had good Reafon to hope the Lord intend-
ed Good for many. After I had finifhed, Mr. Gilbert
Termc?it gave a Word of Exhortation to confirm what had
been deliver'd. At the End of his Difcourfe, we fung a
Pfalm, and then difmifs'd the People with a Bleffing.
Oh that the Lord may fay Amen to. it ! — After our Exer-
cifes were over, we went to old Mr. Tennent, who en-
tertain'd us like one of the ancient Patriarchs. His Wife
to me feemed like Elizabeth, and he like Zacchary ; both
as far as I can find, walk in all the Ordinances and Com-
mandments of the Lord bkmelefs. — Tho' God was
pleafed to humble my Soul, fo that I was obliged to re-
tire for a while, yet we had fweet Communion with each
other, and fpent the Evening in concerting what Mea-
fures had befi be taken for promoting our dear Lord's
Kingdom. It happens very providentially, that Mr. Te7i~
nent and his Brethren are appointed to be a Presbytery by
the Synod, fo that they intend breeding up gracious Youths,
and fending them out from Time to Time into our Lord's
Vineyard. The Place wherein the young A'len fludy
now is in Contempt call'd the College. It is a Log-
Houfe, about Twenty Feet long, and near as many
broad ; and to me it feemed to refemble the Schools of
the old Proohets.— For that their Habitations were mean,
and that they fought not great Things for themfelves, is
plain from that Paflage of Scripture wherein we are told,
that at the Feafl of the Sons of the Prophets, one of them
put on the Pot, whilft the others went to fetch fome
Herbs out of the Field. All that can be faid of moft of
our publick Univerfities is, they are all glorious zvithout.
From this defpifcd Place Se''en or Eight worthy Minifters
of Jesus have lately been fent forth; more are almofl
ready to be fcnt, and a Foundation is now laying for the

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InftruAion of many others. The Devil will certainly
rage againft them, but the Work, I am perfuaded, is of
God, and therefore will not come to nought. Carnai
Minifters oppofe them ftrongly ; and becaufe People,
when awaken'd by Mr. Tennent, or his Brethren, fee
through, and therefore leave their Miniftry, the poor
Gentlemen are loaded with Contempt, and look'd upon
(as all faithful Preachers will be) as Perfons that turn the
World upfide down. — A notable War I believe is com-
mencing between Michael and the Dragon, we can ea-
fily guefs who will prevail. The Seed of the Woman JhalL
bruife the Serpent's Head.

Nefiamini, Abingdon and Philadelphia,

Friday, November 23. Parted with dear Mr. Tennent,
and his other worthy Fellow-labourers, but promifed to
remember each other publickly in our Prayers. Rode to
Abingdon about 10 Miles from Ncjha?nini, and preached to
above 2000 People from a Porch- window belonging to the
Meeting- houfe, whither I was invited Yefterday, after I
had preached at NeJJmmini. Many of the People feemed
afFedted ; and 1 think I have not feen greater Things, no
not in England. It is furprizing how fuch Bodies of
People fo fcattered abroad, can be gathered at fo fhort a
Warning. I believe at Nejlmmini there might be near a
thoufand Horfes, which the People do not fit on to hear
the Sermon as in England, but tie them to the Hedges ;
and thereby much Diforder is prevented. AiToon as I
had done, irelh Invitations were made me to come to fe-
veral Places, would Time and Bufinefs permit. Tho* it
was cold, the People flood very patiently in the open Air,
and feem'd in no Hurry to return home after the Difcourfes
were ended. What are outward Things to a Soul intent
on God \ Lefs than nothing.

AfToon as I had nniftied, I haftened to Philadelphia^
and blefled be God found my Family in good Order, and
ail Things carried on accordmg to my Defire. Oh how
can I exprefs my Tiiankfulnefs for this little Excurfion !
The Lord has done great Things for us in it, whereat the'
People of God are much rejoiced. Oh that I may noi{?
begin to do fcnuthing for Qhrifi, not to jufiify my Perfon,

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46 Mr. W H I T E F I E L dV 'Journal

hut my Fa'itb^ and to jhcvj ?ny Love and Gratitude fof
•what God has dene for ?ny Soul.

Saturday^ Novemher 24, Preached this Morning in the
Church with much Freedom and Power. Afterwards fe-
veral came to me enquiring about inward Feelings and re-
ceiving the Holy Ghoft; and I found many began to be
awakened out of their carnal Security by the Word
preached. Received an excellent Letter from one grie-
voufly vexed with Temptations, whom God has been
pleafcd to make me an Inftrument of comforting. Preach-
ed again at four in the Afternoon in the Church, that be-
ing judged more convenient than the Market-place, as
the Weather was fo cold, A vaft Concourfe of all Deno-
minations were prefcnt. God gave me, particularly to-
wards the Clofe of my Sermon, to fpeak with divine E-
nergy. A^^er Sermon, I vifited two fick Perfons, Tupped
comfortably with my Family, and laid me down with a
ilrong Defire to fee my own Unworthinefs, and the Free-
nefs and Riches of that Grace which alone has made me
to differ from the moft abandoned of Men. Whatever o-
thers may fee inthemfelves I know not. This one Thing
I know, I fee nothing but Hell in my Soul. And there-
fore, whenever I do glory, I defire only to glory in thee,
O Lord !

Sunday, November 25. Had great Travail of Soul, and
flruggling within myfelf about a Text to preach on, and
Could not conceive the Reafon of fuch uncommon Per-
plexity : At laft I fixed on one for the Morning, and
trurted to God to dire£l me to one for the Evening. But
before I came from Church God fhewed me what I fhould
do. For after I had done Preaching, a young Gentle-
man, once a Minifter of the Church of England, but now
a Secretary to A4r. Penn, flood up with a loud Voice,
and warned the People againft the Doctrine I had been
delivering, urging. That there was no fuch Term as
imputed Righteoujnefs in Holy Scripture ; That fuch a
Dodlrine put a Stop to all Goodnefs; That we were to
be judged for our good Works and Obedience ; and were
commanded to do and live. — When he had ended, I de-
nied his firll Propofition, and brought a Text to prove

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an Imputed Righteoufnefs was a Scriptural Expreflion ; but
thinking the Church an improper Place for Difputation, I
faid no more at that Time. The Portion of Scripture
appointed for the Epiftle, was Jercm. xxiii. wherein were
thefe Words, TheLord ourRichteousness.
Upon thefe I difcourfed in the Afternoon, and (hewed
how the Lord Jesus v/as to be our whole Righteouf-
nefs. Proved how the contrary Do<ftrine overthrowed all
Divine Revelation. Anfwered all the Objeftions that
were made againft the Dodlrine of an imputed Righte-
oufnefs. Produced the Articles of our Church to illuftrate
it, and concluded with an Exhortation to all to lay afide a
Reafoning Infidelity ; and to fubmit to Jefus Chrift, who
•is the End of the Law for Righteoufnefs to every one
that believeth. The Verfes at the Beginning of the Chap-,
ter out of which the Text was taken, are very remark-
able. {Jer. xxiii. I, 2, 3, 4.) God was pleafed to fulfil
that Promife in me ; for, blcfled be his Name, I was not
difmayed. — The Word came with Power; the Church
was thronged within and without, all wonderfully atten-
tive, and many, as I was informed, convinced that the
Lord Christ was our Righteoufnefs. In the Evening the
Gentleman came to me, but alas ! was fo very dark in ail
the Fundamentals of Chriftianity , and fuch an intire
Stranger to inward Feelings, that I was obliged to fay to
him, Jrt thou a Mq/Ier of Ijrael., and knowej} not thefe
Things ? Lord Convi^ and Convert him for thy infnite
Mercfs Sake.

Went to the Quaker's Meeting for a little Time.
Gave the' Sacrament at a private Houfe, and came home
and exhorted, prayed and fung Pfalms with a Room full
of People. They follow me wherever I go, as they ufed
to do in Londsn ; and I believe a noble Gathering of Souls
might be in this Place. Here, as elfewhere, they only
want fomebody to preach the Truth as it is in Jesus.
Deaie/l Lord^ remember thy Church, and revive thy IVork
amongjl us in the mictji ef the Days !

Monday^ Ncvemhtr 26. Read Prayers and preached
twice in the Church to very large and attentive Congrega-
tions. The Word, I perceived, came with great Power,
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Convictions, and fo continually crowd in upon me, tint I
have not fo much as Time to write a Letter to my Enr.
glijh Friends. Some little Prefents have been fent for the
Orphan-houfe, and a large Colledlion, I believe, might be
made : But I chufe to defer that till my Return hither a-
gain. As yet it feems abfolutely neceflary for the Good of
the Church in general, and my Orphans in particular,
that I fhould vifit every Place in America whither I have
been before. — Good Lord dirc^ my Goings in thy Way !

Fhiladelphia and German Toion.

'tuefday, November 27. According to Appointment,
preached at German Town, feven Miles from Philadel-
phia, off a Balcony, to above 6000 People, Before I be-
gan I retired, and was humbled at the Throne of Grace.
But God ftrengthened me to fpeak very near two Flours
with fuch Demonftration of the Spirit, that great Numbers
continued weeping for a confiderable Time. I have not
feen a more gracious Melting for a long Seafon. After
Xhad done, People came to me fliaking me by the Hand,
and inviting me to their Houfes, and frefli Places. A
German moft kindly entertain'd me. I had fweet Con-
verfe, and felt a bleffed Union and Communion with
many Souls, though of different Nations and ProfefTions.
I think there are no lefs than fifteen particular Denomina-
tions of Chriftians in German Town, and yet all agree in
one Thing, that is, to hold Jesus Christ as their Head,
and to worfhip him in Spirit and in Truth. I talked
with one who had been banifhed out of Switzerland for
preaching Chriff, and Numbers are fcattered round about
the Town who were driven out of their native Countries
for the Sake of their Holy Religion. About Four in the
Afternoon we went in Company with rrtany dear Dif-
ciples of the Lord, to fee one Conrade Mattheus, an aged
Hermit, who has lived a folitary Life near Forty Years.
He was an Heir to a great Eftate, but chofe a voluntary
Poverty. He has work'd hard, but would always work
without Wages. He is now unable to do much, but God
fends fomebody or other to feed him. A Friend built
ihim the little Houfe wherein he lives ; and Jefus, I am
peifuaded, dwelL with him. He talk'd moft feelingly of

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inward Trials; and when I asked him whether he had
hot many fuch in fo clofe a Retirement, he anfVvered,
* ' No Wonder that a fingle Tree that ftands alone is more
*' expofed to Storms, than one that grows among others.'*
After about half an Hour's Converfation, we took our
Leave ; he killed me and my Friends, and was much re-
joiced to hear what was dbing in England. The Ger-
mans^ I find, are about to tranflate my Journals into High
Dutch, Our Hearts were knit together, and the God of
Love was with us of a Truth. — About eight in the E-
vening we reached Philadelphia^ and found great Num-
bers waiting round my Door to hear the Word of Life.-—
After I had paid a Vifit, and talked clofely to two Perfons
who were doubting of the Principles of the Qiiakers, £
returned home ; and though I was weak, I could not bear
to let fo many Souls go away without a Spiritual Morfel ;
I therefore gave them a Word of Exhortation, as the Spi-
Ht gave me tJtterance, fung a Hymn, prayed and dif-
mifled them with a Bleffing. Many wept bitterly, and
the People's Behaviour more and more convinces me that
God has begun a good Work in many Souls. Was there'
proper Encouragement given, I am perfuaded Georgia
might foon be peopled j many would gladly go with me
thither. I cannot but hope that it will be in Time a
fruitful Soil for Chriftians. One great Reafon, I believe^
why Penfilvania flourifhes above other Provinces, is the
Liberty of Confcience which is given all to worfhip God
in their own Way ; by this means, it is as it were an A-
fylum or Place of P^efuge for all perfecuted Chriftians ;
and methinks they live here as fo many Guardian An-
gels.— I want to go up in the Woods to fee moreof them»
but Time will not permit. O when fhall the Children
of God fit down together in the Kingdom of their Father!
There we fhall all fpeak one Language^ and join in finging
the Song of the Lamb for ever ! Lord make ?ny Soul to
thirjl more and more after that blifsful Communion of
Saints /

PtilLAT>ELPHlA

JVedneJday^ November 28. Redeemed a little Time be-
fore it was lightj to write a Letter or tw» to my deaf
G- Frienda

JO Mr. W H I T E F I E L d'5 ^oumol.

Friends in England. I have not had a A^oment's Tim«
before, fince my Return from New-York. People are con-
tinually coming in, and enquiring with ftrong Crying
and many Tears hoAV they muft come to C h r i s t. It
grieves me to fend them avi'ay vi'ith fuch fliort Anfwers,
i)ut NcccfTity compels me. Oh that the Lord may fend
forth more Labourers into his Harvejl ! — Read Prayers
and preached in the Morning, as ufual, to a thronged Con-
gregation ; heard of more that were under Convidions,
and as I was walking out to Dinner, a German came to
ine f^i)ing, '* Thou didft fow fome good Seed Yefterday
*' in German Toiun^ and a Grain of it fell into my
*' Daughter's Heart. Slie wants to fpeak with thee, that
*' fhe may know what fhe muft do to keep and increafe
" it." The young Woman being near at hand, came at
her Father's Call. Both melted into Tears immediately,
and after 1 had exhorted her to watch and pray, and keep
clofe to Chriftby Faith, I took my leave, befeeching God
to water the good Seed his own Right Hand had planted
in her Heart. — In the Morning Notice had been given
that I fliould preach my Farewell Sermon in the After-
noon. But the Church (though as large as moil of our
London Churches) being not large enough to contain a
fourth Part of the People, by the Advice of Friends we
adjourned to the Fields, and I preached for an Hour and
a half from a Balcony ro upwards of ten thoufand Hear-
.ers very attentive, and much affeded with what God en-
abled me to deliver. — I endeavoured to come in all Plain-
liefs of Speech, without any Refpcdl of Perfons. The
mention of my Departure was a Grief to many, and it al-
moft melted me down, to fee with what Eagernefs and ear-
jieft Afttdtionthey follow after the Preaching of the Word.
If I could preach, they would attend all the Day long. —
BlefTed be God for this efFedtual Door. I wonder we have
>io more Adverfaries : By and by, I expect Satan and his
Emiflarles will rage horribly. — I endeavoured to foxe-
Tvarn my Hearers of it. Lord prepare us againfi a Day
^f fpiritual Battle! Took my leave of the Governor
and Proprietor. Supped with one of the Church-Wardens
and his Friends; and when I came home, exhorted and
Aiiig PiaUixs^ aoid prayed wiUi a great Cgmpany of People

wha

at PHILADELPHIA. 51

who were waiting at my Door. After I was in Bed I re-
ceived the following Letter from Nciu-Tork,

Reverend and Dear Sir,

' I was heartily forry that the Diforder of a Cold fhould

* hinder me from waiting upon you in the Jerfeys : But
' am in Hopes it was ordered by Divine Providence for
' the beft. I found the next Day, that you had left the
' Town under a deep and univerfal Concern : Many were
' greatly affedled, and I hope abiding Impreffioiis are left

* upon fome. — Some that were before very ioofe and pro-
' fligate, look back with Shame upon their palt Lives and

* Converfations, and feem refolved upon a thorough Re-
' formation. — I mention thefe Things to flrengthen you
' in the blefled Caufe you are engaged in, and fupport you
' under your abundant Labours. — When I heard fo ma-
' ny were concerned for their eternal Welfare, I appoint-
' ed a Lecture on Wedmfday Evening, tho' it was not an

< ufual Seafon. And tho' the Warning was (hort, we had

* a numerous and attentive Audience. — In fliort, I can-

* not but hope your coming among us has been the A'leanss
' of awakening fome among us to a ferious Senfe oi prac-
« tical Religion, and may be the Beginning of a good
« Work in this fecure and finful Place. — Dear Sir, Let
' your Prayers be joined with mine for this defirable Blef-

* fing. I defire your Prayers for me in particular, that I
' may be faithful in my Mailer's Work ; That I may be

* an Inflrument in the Hands of Chrill of pulling down
« the ftrong Holds of Sin and Satan, and building the

< Redeemer's Kingdom in this Place. Pray for us, that
' the good Impreffions any have received may not wear

* off", and prove as the Morning Cloud, and as the early
' Dew, but that he would grant a Refurredion of Reli-

* gion in the midft of us, that many may flock to Chriit

< as Doves to the Windows. — I pray God take you under
' his gracious Proteclion, lullain you under your many

* Trials, and make you glorioufly fuccefsful to convert

* Sinners from the Error of their Ways, and turning

* them to the Wifdom of the Juft. — My Wife joins
« with Hie in aftcdionate Regard to you, Mr. Seward^

'52 Mr. W H I T E F I E L D*^ y&unid

* and your other Friends, whom we love in Sincerity.
' I am.

Tour affeSiionate Brother^ and V£ry humble Servant^

E. Pemberton.

BlefTed be God for fuch Succefs at Neiv-Tork. Nor is
he working lefs here. — One of the Printers has told me
he has taken above two hundred Subfcriptions for printing
my Sermons and Journals. Another Printer told me he
might have fold a thoufand Sermons if he had them ; and
by the Perfuafion of my Friends I therefore gave out two
extcmpcre Difcourfes to be publifhed. D-eareJl Lord, give
them thy Blejjing.—r-'^nmht^s of Letters have been fent
me from Perfons under Convictions. And it is unknown
what deep Impicffions have been wrought in the Hearts of
Hundreds. — ^n Oppofer told me I had unhinged many
good Sort of People: And indeed I believe many that con-
tented themfelves with goad Dcfires, arc now convinced
they muft have good Habits a!fo, and be thoroughly borr^
again ere they can fee the Kingdom of God. — Many poor*
Sinners have, I truft, been called home, and great Num-
bers are under flrong Conviflions. As I have fown fpiri-
tual Things, People were willing I Ihould reap carna^
Things. — They have therefore fcnt me Butter, Sugar,
Chocolate, Pickles, Cheefe and Flower for my poor Or-
phans ; and indeed I could almofl fay they would pluck out
their own Eyes and give me. — Bleficd be God, for the great
Work begun in thefe Parts. — The Word has run very fwift-
ly, and been much glorified.— 0/; /•/;«/■ ichat God fays of the
Church I?/' Philadelphia in the Revelations, fnny be noiu ful-
filled in the City called after her Name ! — / knoiu thy
IVorki. Behold I have fet before thee an open Door^ and,
320 Man can flmt it ; behold I will juake them of the Syna-
gc/gue of Satan^ behold I will make them to come and wor-
Jhip bifore thy Fccty (i)id to knoiu th(it J have loved thee.

Philadelphia^ Chefler ^nd Wilmington.

Thutfdayy November 29. Had the Satisfa<51ion of fettling
1^11 my Family Affairs according to my Defire, got confi-
icrably by the Goods that were fold for th? Poor, and

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fiad a Sloop lent me, which Mr. Seward bought and named
Savannah^ in which I left Orders for my Family to fet
fail immediately after my leaving Philadelphia. — My
Friend Glad?nan (the Captain mentioned before at the Be-
ginning) has been a Help ineet for me, and done every
Thing without giving me any (or however, but little)
Trouble. Blefled be God,— About Eleven ifi the Morning,
having corrciSted two Sermons for the Prefs, I took an af-
fectionate Leave of my Family and Philadelphia People.
•7— From Seven in the Morning they thronged round the
Door, and when we parted, oh how bi^erly did the poor
Souls weep! — As I pafled along the Street, they came
yunning out to the Doors, and difcovered the Concern
that was in their Hearts by the Sorrow of their Counte-
nances. Near Twenty Gentlemen accompanied me oi^
Horfeback out of Town, — About Seven Miles off, ano-
ther Company was waiting to meet us, fo that at lafl we
were near 200 Horfe. — By Three we reached CheJIer.^ a
Town fifteen Miles diftant from Philadelphia^ and after
we had taken a little Food, I preached to near 500a
People from a Balcony. — It being Court-day, the 'Jujiices
fent Word they would defer their Meeting 'till mine was
over, and the Minijler of the Parifh, becaufe the Church
would not contain the People, took Care himfelf to provider
the Place from which I fpoke. The People were very
quiet and attentive; and, as I was told, near 1000 came
from Philadelphia. — After Sermon, many of them took
their laft Farewell, and wifhed me good Luck in the
Name of the Lord. — About fix in the Evening, we left
Chrjlery and came to Wilmington (thirteen Miles) before
Nine. — The Evening was warm, the Moon {hone bright,
and the pious Difcourfe we had on the Way, made the
Time imperceptibly glide away. Two loving Qiiakers
received us into their Houfe. — God alfo was pleafed to
refrcfh my Heart with a Senfe of his Love, and after I had
given a V/ord of Exhortation, and prayed with my own
Friends, and fome others that came in, I went to B;d, ad-
miring the great Work that was begun by God in thefc
Parts. \ have not fceri greater Things, confidering tl-ie
Places, no not in England ! Oh that the Lord., in An-
Jiver to the People's Prayers., in his due Tinie^ may bring
kic back hither ogain ! — I hope thcr^ to fee fome fubftan-
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54 ^^' W H I T E F I E L D'i 'Journal

tial Fruits of my prefent weak Endeavours. — Deareft R6->^
deemcr, make me hu?nble, prepare me for thy future Mercies ;
and whenever thou feefl me in Danger of being txalted
above Meafure^ gracioufy fend me fuch a Thorn in tht
Flejh^ as that thy BleJJings ?nay not prove my Ruin !

WILMINGTON,

' Friday^ November 30. Had a fweet Retirement this
Morning, preached at Noon, and again at Three in the
Afternoon.— -Received feveral frefh and preffing Invitations
to preach at feveral different Places, but was obliged to
withftand them all. — Oh that I had a Hundred Tongues
and Lives f they fl)ould he all employ' d for yny dear Lord
yESUS! — Spent the Evening in fwect Converfation
•with Mr. JFilUam Tennerit, Brother to Mr. Gilbert Ten-
Tient^ a faithful Minifter of Jesus Christ, and with
feveral Ger?nans, whofe Hearts God has been pleafed to
knit to me in a clofe and intimate Union. Blejfcd be GOD
fur the Communion of Saints I — Lord^ why am I thus highly
favoured? Even fo^ Father^ for fo it feemeth good in thy
Sight ! — Was ever fuch a Monument of GOD' s free Grace /
JVh 0 dzres defpair, zvhen fuch Mercies are daily poured on
fuch a Wretch ^; / am !

Neivcaftle^ djriJiian-Bj'idge.

Saturday, December i. Reached Ncwcaflle, ^t^^xx
Miles from Wilmington, by Ten in the Morning ; was
met on the Way by Mr. Rofs, the Minifter of the Place,

and was kindly entertain'd by Mr. G the principal

Inhabitant, who fcnt to invite me and my Friends Yefter-
day. — Preached to .ibout 2000 People from a Balcony,
j'bout Ten o' Clock; but did not fpeak with fo much
Freedom and Power as ufual, by reafon God was plcafcd
to humble my Soul by inward Vifitations, and a Bodily
Tndifpofition. Lay on the Bed after Sermon, which re-
freflied me much, and rode and preached at Four o' Clock
at Chrifian-BridgCy to about the fame Number as was at
Newcajile. — I believe near 200 Horfe came on the Road
with us. I had fome edifying Converfation with fome
Children of God, as we came on the Way, and a great

Powgy

tit PHILADELPHIA, SS

fower from God defcending on me and the Congregation,
in the Jatter Part of my Sermon. — I always obferve in-»
ward Trials prepare me for, and are the certain Forerun-
ners of frejh Mercies. Oh what a gracious melting of
Souls was there ! Enough to convince (one would ima-
gine) the greatefl Infidels. — Oh with what Earneftnefs
did People befeech me to vifit other Places ! Surely ths
divine Herbert's Prophecy is now fulfilling.

Religion Jiands a Tiptoe in our Land,
Ready to pajs to the American Strand ! &c.

(See his Cbtirch Militant,)

Sunday, December 2. Return'd laft Night after Ser-
mon to Newcajile, that I might once more fee my dear
Family, who came thither in the Sloop juft after I Iwd

Jeft it. — Lay at the Houfe of Mr. G n, and this

Morning went on board, prayed, fung Pfalms, gave a
Word of Exhortation, and rejoiced much to fee all Things
in fuch excellent Order. — My dear Friend the Captaiji
told me how kind the People of Philadelphia had been to
my Family after my Departure : One brought them But-
ter, another Beer, l^c. and the Colledlor would not tak«
his Perquifite for clearing the Sloop. — The two Childrea
the People were particularly fond of, and gave them fo
many Things that I was obliged to defire them to hold
their Hands. — Oh how plentiful are thefe Mercies which
GOD has laid up for them that fear him, even before the
Sons of Men f — About Ten we came to Chrijlian-Bri dg
again, where we had left fome of our Friends laft Night.
Here we took a little Refrefhment, and by Twelve reach'd
JVhitely Creek, the Place appointed for my preaching.—
The Weather was rainy, but upwards of loooo People
were aflembled together to hear the Word. — It furprized
me to fee fuch a Number of Horfes. — There were feveral
Hundreds of them. — I preach'd from a Tent ere(5ted for
me by Order of Mr. IVilUam Tennent, whofe Meeting-
Houfe lay near the Place. — I continued in my firft Dif-
courfe an Hour and a Half, after which we .went into a
Log- Houfe near adjoining, and having taken a Morfel of
Bread, and warm'd ourfelves, I preached a fecond Time
frgm tb<J lams Place, — My Body, I perceived, was a little

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^6 Mr, W H I T E F I E L d'j jcurnai

•weak, but God magnified his Strength, and caufed hB
Power to be known in the Congregation. — Many Souls
were melted down ; and here I had the Pleafure of meet-
ing with one Mr. Gelafpie^ another faithful Minifter of
Jesus Christ. — He, as well as Mr. Tcnnenty was very
Iblicitous for my going to his Houfe, but being pre-
engaged, I rode Three Miles, and was kindly and hofpi-
tably entertain'd at the Hojife of one Mr. Howell, who
came with his Family fome Years ago from Cardiff iri
J Vales. One in the Houfe had heard me preach in Kingf-
■woody and every Thing wgs carried on with fo much
Freedom and Love^ that I rejoiced much that God had
fent me thither. 1 flayed up as long as I could, but fuid-
hig my Body weaken'd bv the Pofturt in which I flood
to preach, about Ten o' Clock, after Family Prayer, I
went to Bed thoroughly weary, but full of that Peace
■which .the World cannot give, but which I wifh the
whole World were Partakers of.

MARTLAND. North Eaft,

Monday y December 3. Parted from fome more Friends
■who accompanied us from Neiuca/fle, cat our Bread with
Gladnefs, and came to North Eajl in Maryland^ where
I appointed to preach as to Day. — Little Notice having
been given, there were not 1500 People, but God was
%^ith us, and I obferved many were deeply afFeded. Se-
veral repeated Invitations were fent me to preach at other
Places. Immediately after Sermon, we fet forwards, and
pafs'd over Siifqueanjiah Ferry, about a Mile broad, and
were received at a Gentleman's Houl'e that lay in the
Way. Tho' we were Eight in Company, yet all Things
were carried on with great Freedom and Generofity ; and
I hope God fent us providentially thither; for the Gen-
tleman told us, that he had been a little melancholy, and
had therefore fent for fome Friends to help him to drive
it away. The Bottle and the Bowl 1 found were the
Means to be made ufe of; but bleiTcd be God, the De-
fign was in a good meafure prevented by our coming in j
another Turn was foon given to the Converfation, whilfl
1 endeavour'd to talk of GoD as much as I could. All
joined in Family Prayers I went to Bed, pitying the mi-

fcrable

at MARTLAND. S7

ferable Condition of thofe who live a Life of Luxury and
Luft, and are led Captive by the Devil at his Will. They
are afraid to look into themfelves. — And if their Confci-
ences are at any Time awaken'd, they mull be lull'd a-
fleep again by Drinking, or Evil Company, None but a
fincere Chriflian can vi^ith Pleafure practice the Duty of
Self-Examination. Lord, grant I inay ahvays fo live as to
keep a Confcience void of Off'ence, both towards thee and
towards Man ! then I Jhall never be lefs alone than when
alone-, — -for thou. Father of Mercies, and GOD of all
Confolations, wilt every xvhere be with me !

y OP p A.

Tucfday, December J^. Set out about Eight In the
Morning, and took Leave of two dear Friends, who
parted from us with weeping Eyes. — Baited at Joppa, a
little Town about Fifteen Miles off the Place where we
lay, and gave a Word of Exhortation to about Forty
People in the Church. Oh that the Holy Ghojl may fall
on all them that heard the Word, in as real tho' not in fo
vifibly miraculous a Manner as it did once on Cornelius
and his Houjhold ! — But Maryland, ■ as far as I can hear,
feems to be a Place as yet unwater'd with the true Gofpel
of Christ, and no Likelihood of doing much Good in
it, unlefs one could abide in it for fome Time,-r— They
have fcarce any Town worth mentioning, becaufe almoil
every Planter has a Landing-Place, from which he ex-
ports his Tobacco at his own Houfe, which generally lies
very near the River. — By this Means the People are much
difperfed, and confequently cannot be gathered together
without much previous Notice, which notwithftanding is
difficult to be given, becaufe there are many large Ferries
between Place and Place. — However, I truft the Time
will come when God will vlfit thefe dark Corners of the
Earth. — I long to fee thofe New Heavens and New Earth,
wherein dwelleth Righteoufnefs.

JS}EJVrOTVN2in&ANAPOLIS,

We chief day, December^. Lay laft NIghfe-at A^^icw^i^ww,

Fifteen Miles from Joppa j eat of what was fet before usj

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58 Mr. Whitefield'^ Journal

joined in Family Prayer; and, as Opportunity offered,
put in a Word for God. — In the Morning we fung and
prayed ; at Noon we baited at a Houfe lying about Fif-
teen Miles off, and by Four in the Afternoon reached
j^napplis, a little Town, but the Metropolis of Maryland.
The Houfe where we lodged was very commodious, con-
fidering it was in Maryland -^ but the People of it feem'd
to be furprized when they heard us talk of God and
Christ; notwithftanding, both they and the other
Strangers attended very orderly at Family Prayer, and I
endeavoured to recommend them, as I was enabled, to
the Mercy of our gracious and good God. Oh that I
jmay prevail in their Behalf 1 It grieves me to my Soul
to fee poor Sinners hanging as it were by a fingle Hair,
and dancing (infenfible of their Danger) over the Flames
of Hell! Oh that God may make me inftrumental in
plucking them as Firebrands out of the Fire ! For here is
the Mifery of fallen Man; he is miferable, poor, and
blind, and naked, and yet knows it riot. Lord JE SUSy
fend for thy we befeech thecy thy Lighty and lighten our
Darbiefsy for thy Mercies Sake !

ANAPOLIS,

Thurfd-ayy December 6. Had a providential Opportu-
nity of writing fome Letters laft Night and this Alorning
to England. Waited on Go\'ernor Oglcy and was re-
ceived with much Civility. Went to pay my Refpe^s to
Mr. Stirllngy the Minifter of the Parifh, who happen'd
not to be within ; but whilft we were at Dinner, became
with the greateft Civility, offer'd me his Pulpit, his Houfe,
or any Thing he could fupply me with. — About Four,
he came and introduced me and my Friends to a Gentle-
man's Houfe, where we had fome ufeful Converfation. —
Our Difcourfe run chiefly on the New Birthy and the
Folly and Sinfulnefs of thofe Amufements, whereby the
polite Part of the World are fo fatally diverted from the
Purfuit after this One Thing needful. — Some in Company
I believe thought me too ftriiSl, and were very ftrenuous
in'' Defence of what they called innocent Diverfions ; but
when I told thepi every Thing was fmful which vv^-> not
done with a fingle Eye to God's Glory, and that fuch
' Enter-

at MARTLAND. 59

Entertainments not only difcovered a Levity of Mind,
but were contrary to the whole Tenour of the Gofpel of
Christ, they lecm'd fomewhat convinced, at leaft I
truft it fet them upon doubting^ and I pray "Gqd they
may doubt more and more ;— for Cards, Dancing, and
fuch like, draw the Soul from God, zndlull itapeep as
much as Drunkennefs and Debauchery. — And every Mi-
nifter of Christ ought, with the Authority of an A-
poftle, to declare and teflify the dreadful Snare of the De-
vil, whereby he leads many Captive at his Will, by the.
falfely call'd innocent Entertainments of the polite Part of
the World ; for Women are as much enflaved to their
fajhionable Diver/tons, as Men are to their Bottle and
their Hounds : Self-pleafing, Self-feekihg is the Ruling
Principle in both ; and therefore fuch Things are to be
Spoken againft, not only as {a many tricing AimifementSy
but as Things which fhew that the Heart is wholly alien-
ated from the Life ol Govt. — For if I may fpeak by my
own, as well as others Experience, as foon as ever the
Soul is ftirred up to feek after God, xX. cannot away with
zny fuch Thing ; nothing but what leads towards God
can delight it. — And therefore, when in Company, I love
to lay the Ax to the Root of the Tree, fhow the Necef-
fity of a thorotigh Change of Heart, and then all Things
fall to the Ground at once. My Friend, C. Wefey., welt
defcribes the Mifery of a Modern fine Lady in the fol-
lowing Verfes,

I Tim. v. 6.
Bhe that liveth in Pleafure is dead while fie liveth;

TjO IV haphfs is th' applauded Virgin's Lot,
■*^ Her GOD forgetting, by her GOD fotgot I
$tra7ig£r to Truth, unknoiving to obey.
In Error nursed, and difciplind to fir ay ;
Swoln with Sdf-JVill, and principled with Pride,'
Senfe all her Good, and Pajfion all her Guide :
Pleafure its Tide, and Flattery lends its Breath,
Andfmoothly waft her to Eternal Death !

A Goddefs here, f)e fees her Vot'rics meet,
Grcu'd to her Shrine^ and tremble at her ^eet ;

H- 2 »

6o Mr. W H I T E F I E L D'i Joiimal ,

S>he hears their Vows, believes their Life and Death

Hangs on the JVrath and Mercy of her Breath ;

S'uprefne in fancy d State Jhc reigns her Hour^

u4nd ghries in her Plenitude of Povjcr.

Hcrfelf the only Objc^ worth her Care, ^

Since all the kneeling TVorld was 7nade for her.

For her Creation all its Stores difplays ;

The Silk JVornis Labour, and the Diatnotid's Blaze ;

Jir, Earth, and Sea confpirc to tempt her Tajie,

And ranfacFd Nature furnijijcs the Feaji.

Life's gaudiejl Pride attracts her willing Eyes^

And Balls, and Theatres, and Courts arife : ^

Italian Songfiers pant her Ear to pleafe, "%

Bid the firji Cries of Infant Reafon ccafe, ?■

Save her from Thought, and lull her Soul to Peace. J

Deep funk in Scnfe tlj imprifon' d Soul remains.

Nor knows its Fall from GOD, nor feels its Chains :

Unconfciousjiill, fleeps on in Error's Night,

Nor'jirives to rife, nor Jirugglcs into Light :

Heaven-born in vain, degenerate cleaves to Earthy

(No Pangs experienc'd of the fecond Birth)

She only fallen, yet unwaken'd found.

While all th' enthraird Creation groans around f

Friday, December 7. Obferved two Perfons came in
with the Family to Prayer lart Night, and a vifible Alte-
ration was made in the Behaviour of the People of the
Houfe ; preached in the Morning and Evening to fmall
-polite Auditories.— The Governor put by his Court to
come to Morning Service, and at Noon, upon an Invi-
taiion fent laft Night, I and my Friends dined with him ;
iie treated us very humanely ; and in the Evening, two of
the Head Inhabitants favour'd me with a Vifit. — The Mi-
nifter feem'd fomewhat afFeiSleJ, and under ConvicSlions ;
but 1 fear a falfe Politenefs, and the Pomps and Vanities
of die World, cat out the Vitals of Religion in this Place.
I blcfs God I did not fpare to tell my Hearers of it in my
Difcourles, and the Minillcr told me they took it kindly.
At Night Four Periuns came to join in Family Prayer,
10 wliom I gave a warm E'/hortation ; for God was
uleufcJ to cnlaigc and flicd abroad his Love in mv Heart.—

Here

at MART LAN D. ■ 6r

Here are but few Inhabitants : But God, I heps, will
fhew that he hath fome Chofen Ones in this Place.

Upper- Marlborough,

Satu7-day, December 8. Had more come laft Night to
Family-Prayer. — Left Anapolis this Morning. Baited at
Upper- Marlborough^ about 15 Miles diftant, intending to
go farther ; but being defired by fome Gentlemen to ftay
and preach on the Morrow, I was prevailed upon, and
fpent the Remainder of the Day in fweet ConverHition
with my Friends, and in Writing Letters to fome under
Convictions at Philadelphia ; and fupp'd with a Gentle-
man who kindly entertain'd both me and my dear Fel-
low Travellers. — Our Talk ran upon the Fall of Man ;
but I fear Deifm has fpread much in thefe Parts. — 1 can-
not fay I have yet met with many here who feem truly to
have the Fear of God before their Eyes. Satan does here
particularly reign in the Children of Difobedience. — Dear-
eft Hedeeiner^ once more lead Captivity captive^ and fend
thy Holy Spirit even amongft thefe thine Enemies. As thou
didfi drive the Devil out of the Country of the Gadarens,
drive than out of this Country alfo for thy Mcrcfs Sake.
Amen. •

Upper -Marlborough^ For tobacco.

Su'nday, December 9. Preached at Upper- Marlborough
to a fmall, polite, and feemingly very curious Audience.
Dined with the Gentleman with whom we fupped laft
Night. Parted with a dear Friend who came from Phi-
ladelphia ; took Horfe, (there being no Sermon in the
Afternoon) and went a Sabbath-day's Journey as far as
Pifcataway, where we were kindly entertained. — Wrote
fome Letters to our EngUJh Friends. — Converfed to the
Ufe of edifying, and felt an uncommon Freedom and
Sweetnefs in each other's Spirits. — Well might our Lord
fay, The Kingdom of God is within you. — For they who
are truly born again of God carry Heaven in their Hearts,

Pifcatavjay^

62 Mr, WniTEFiELD'i yournat
Tifcafaway, PoriobaccOy and Potomock.

Monday^ December 10. Was fweetly refreflied by the
Reft God gave us. — Wrote another Letter to England ,
baited at Portobacco^ and reached Potomock by Three in the
Afternoon. Potoincck is a River which parts the Tv/o
Provinces Maryland and Virginia. It is fix Miles broad.
We attempted to go over it ; but after we had rowed a-
bout a Mile, the Wind blew fo violently, and Night was
coming on fo faft, that we were obliged to go back and
lye at the Perfon's Houfe that kept the Ferry, where they
brought out fuch Things as they had. Here God was
pleafed to humble my Soul by Inward Trials. — I . retired
as foon as poflible, and bewailed my Wretchednefs before
him that is of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity. — Af-
terwards my Heart was more at Eafe ; and God fhewed
us the Benefit of returning back, for the Wind was very
boifterous, and the Night fnowy ; fo that without a Mi-
racle (which in fuch a Cafe we had no Right to expe<5l)
both we and our Horfes muft have been loft. — Lord grant
"ivc may ahvays keep bettvccn the tivo Extremes c/'diftrufting
or tempting thee !

Virginia, Sei}h-Churcl\

TJmrfday, December II. HaJ a (hort and dellgntfuf
Paflage"^over the River this Morning, w^hich we could not
pafs laft Night. — Rejoiced that God had brought us into
another Province. Obferved the Country to be much
more open, and the Roads better than in Maryland.
Pafled over two more Ferries in the Day's Journey, but
were put to fome little Jnconveniency for want of finding
a Publick Houfe in j^he Way. However, at laft we met a
poor Woman in our Road, who was going to (cli Cakes
to the Train'd Bands,^ of which we bought fome, — A
few Miles further, a Planter let us have fome Provender
for our Beafts, and a little Milk and fmali Beer for our-
felves. — In the Strength of which, by Six at Night wc
got to a Place called Seals-Churchy Twenty Nine Miles
from Potomock. — Here we called at a Perfon's Houfe to*
whom we were recommended. — But the Miftrefs of it-

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not being at Home, the Overfeer of the Slaves at f.rft was
unwilHng to receive us. However, finding we were wet,
and Stran2;ers, he was at laft prevailed upon to let us abide
there all Night ; and in a little Time furnifhed us with a
good Fire, with fome Meat, Milk, and a Cake baked on
the Hearth, which was exceedingly refrefhing, and afford-
ed us no fmall Matter for Praife and Thankfgiving. Oh
that we may abound in that Duty more and more !

Wednejday^ December 12. Took a little Brcak-faft:
Went on, having pleafant Roads and a warm Day, 'till
we came lo Pifcataway Ferry, Eighteen Miles off, where
the Man of the Houfe fpared us fome Corn and Sheaves
for our Horfes, but had neither Milk nor Bread in the
Houfe for ourfelves. — However, I endeavoured to feed
him with Spiritual Bread ; but he ferioufiy asked one of us,
if I was not a Quaker, becaufe (as I fuppofed) he heard
me talk of the Necefiity of being born again of the Spirit. —
If I talk of the Spirit^ I am a ^aker j if I fay Grace at
Breakfaft, and behave ferioufiy^ I am a Presbyterian.
Alas ! what muft I do to be accounted a Member of the
Church of England ? About One we fet out, and before
Four in the Afternoon reached an Ordinary. Here wc
were moft opportunely refrefhed with what Meat was in
the Houfe. — There being no other Publick Houfe for
fome Miles, and being wearied more than common, for
want of ufual Suftenance, we tarried all Night. — In the
Evening fome Gentlemen came difordered in Liquor; but
the Woman of the Houfe kept them from us, fo we flept
very comfortably on the Bed that fhe made us in the Kit-
chen.— I talked to her of Religion, and that we were to
be born again,^^V^eiith ; but fhe thought God was very-
merciful 5 that it would be no Harm to fwear by her
Faith. However, ihe- was very foUicitous to pleale us;
and I could not help remarking how the Devil loves to re-
prefent God as all Mercy, or all Jujiice. — When Per-
fons are azvakencd, he would, if poflible, tempt them to
defpair ; when de^id in TrefpafTes and Sins he tempts them
to prefimie. — Lord^ prcfervi us from making Shipwreck a-
gainfi either of theje Rocks ! Give us fuch a Senfe of thy
Jufiice as to convince us that zve cannot be faved if zve con-
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■us from Defpair, through a Living Faith in thy Dear Son,
who is the Saviour of Sinners !

Tlmrfday^ Deccjnhcr it,. Set out jufl as the Sun rofe,
got to an Ordinary by Noon; eat what was fet before
us with Comfort, and fome Degree of Thankfulnefs, and
reached the Houfe of Colonel Whitings Father to my dear
Friend Captain Whitings long before Night. Here God
fpread a plentiful Table for us, and what was flill more
defirable, fent to us a well-inclined Perfon. to whom I
trufl my Converfation was much blefs'd. That Paflage
in St. John, wherein it is faid that our Lord muft needs
go through Samaria, (when the poor Woman was to be
converted) has often been affeding to my Mind. — The
fame good Providence, I truft, led me through thefe Parts,
for the Sake of the Perfon before mentioned. Oh thaty
like the IVoman at the Well, he may have Chriji revealed
in his Heart, and he filled with a Hol-j Zeal to go and in-'
vite his Neighbours to him. Amen, Jo be it I

Gloucefter^ Tork and Williamjburgh,

Friday, Decemhrr 14. Left Colonel IFhiting^s about
Seven in the Morning, pafs'd through Gloucejler Town,
a very little Place. Crollcd a Ferry a Mile over. Dined
at York, a Place fomewhat larger, and reached JVillramS'
hurgh, the Metropolis of Virginia, by the Evening. The
Gentleman before mentioned was fo kind as to accompa-
ny us ; with him I difcourfed much of the Things per-
taining to the Kingdom of God.— He fcem'd to be one to
whom^ God had given a Hearing Ear, and an obedient
Heart.— I have not met with a Temper more refcmbling
that of Nathan a great while. Oh that the Lord may
make him an Ifraelite indeed !

Saturday, December i^. Waited on, and afterwards
(at his Livitation) dined with the Governor, who received
me moft courteoufly.-^Paid my Rcfped^s to Mr.. Blair
the Commiflary of Virginia, and by far the moft worthy
Clergyman I have yet converfcd with in all America. —
His Difcourfe was favoury, fuch as tended to the tJfe of
edifving. He received me with Joy, .i>-ked me to preach,

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r.nd wifiied my Stay was to be longer.— Under God he
has been chiefly inftrumental in raifing a beautiful Coliegfe
in Williamshiirgh^ in which is a Foundation for about
eight Scholars, a Prefident, two Mafters, and ProfefTors
in the feveral Sciences. Here the Gentlemen of Virginia
fend their Children 5 and as far as I could learn by En-
quiry, they are near in the fame Order, and under the
fame Regulation and Difcipline, as in our Univerfities at
home. The prefent Mafters came from Oxford. Two
of them Tfind were my Cotemporaries. I rejoiced in fee-
ing fuch a Place in America. It may be of excellent \J(q
if learning Chrift be made o?te End of their Studies, and
other Arts and Sciences only introduced and purfued as
fubfervient to that. — For want of this, moft of our EngUjJy
Schools and Univerfities are funk into mere Seminaries of
Paganifm. Young Men's Heads are fluff'd with Hcathen
Mythology, Chrift or Chriftianity is fcarce fo much as
named amongft them ; fo that when they come to be con-
verted, they are obliged to undo what they have been do-
ing for many Years ; and they are the moft happy who
can fooncft forget their Education. — Revive^ O Lord, a
Primitive Spirit, and then %ve ?hay hope for fo?ne Primitive
Schools to be ercded and encouraged amongji us !

Sunday., December i6. Preached in the Morning (as I
afterwards was informed) to the Satisfa<R:ion and Profit of
many. Severn! Gentlemen came from Tcr^, 14 Miles
off, to hear mt, and were dehrous of my going back to
preach at their Town on the Morrow. — A large Audience
(I found) might have been expeded, could timely Notice
have been given ; but being in great Hafte, and there be-
ing no Sermon cuftontarily in the Afternoon, I dined with
the Commillary, who entertainei] me and my Friends
with great Civility, and Ici't IFiUia?nshurgh in the After-
noon, promifmg, if poflible, to vifit thefe Parts again
fome Time in the Summer. About three Miles off the
Town we took Leave of our Friend from Gloiiccjler.,
whofe Heart (jod has much melted by the Fooliflincfs of
Preaching. — Here alfo, as well as at Williainshurgh^ we
Ich fome Lciters to be fent to England. — And i could
not but think, that God inteniJed, in his own Time, to
work a good Work in thefe Southern Parts oi America. — •
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At prefent they feem more dead to God, but far lefs pre-
judiced than in the Northern Parts. At his Requeft I
gave the Printer leave to print my Journals and Sermons,
and I truft that God who loves to work by the meaneft
Inftruments, will bepleafed to blefs them to the Convic-
tion and Edification of thefe his People. — Vifit them^ O
Deareji Lord^ with thy Salvation.

Stretch out thine Arm^ Vi^orious Kingy

Their raging Sins fubdue.
Drive the eld Dragon from his Seat,

jyith his Infernal Creiv !

Monday^ December 17. Got over a Ferry three Miles
broad the laft Night, and providentially met with a young
Man who fhewed us the Way to one Captain R — k's,
who entertained us with much Simplicity and Freedom. —
He feem'd well difpofed, and was fo kind as to go with
us this A/Iorning fourteen Miles in the Way. At my firft
getting up I perceived myfelf much indifpofed, but God
was pleaied to ftrengthen me, and I held out my Jour-
ney till we came to an Ordinary about 30 Miles from the
Place where we lay laft Night. — Here we met with what
ibme would account very indifferent Entertainment ; but
God enabled us to be refigned and thankful. — Bafhfulnefs,
and a Fear of being troublefome, has kept us fiom em-
bracing Offers of Gentlemen's Houfes : But we have heard
a good Report of the Generofity of the Virginia Gentle-
men, and I have great Reafon to believe what is reported ;
for I find they are fo willing and accurtomed to entertain
Strangers, that few think it worth their while to keep pub-
lick Ordinaries. It is good to find People given to Hof-
pitality.

Tutfday, December 18. Was very reftlefs and indifpofed
with a Fever all Night, which continuing upon me, and
one of our Horfcs being foundered, it was thought advi-
fable to flay at the Ordinary the whole Day. — Being ve-
ry weak I could fcarce lift up my Head, or eat any Food :
But God caufcd me to rejoice in it, fo that my greatefl
Concern was about theTroublc I gave my dear Friends. —
I never feci the Power of Religion more than when under

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Outward or Inward Trials. It is that alone can enable
any Man to fuftain with Patience and Thankfulnefs his
Bodily Infirmities. Lo7'd^ let ?ne feel the Power of it more
and 7nore, and then, though thou kill me, yet will I put
my Truft in thee !

NORTH-CAROLINA.

Wednejday, December jg. Finding myfelf fomewhat
flronger, and the Horfe alfo being in better Order, we
took a fliort Day's Journey of about 26 Miles, and were
moft afFe£lionately received by one Mr. J — n in North-
Carolina. — A little while after our coming in, I begg'd
Leave to lye down to reft my weary Limbs. — And fome
Way or other, in my Abfence, my Friends acquainted our
Hoft who I was. — Upon which he was fo rejoiced that he
could not tell how to exprefs his Satisfadlion. His Wife
alfo feem'd moft follicitous to oblige, and they were only
concerned that they could do no more for us. The ho-
neft old Man told us, that his Son-in-law, who lived about
three Miles ofF, ever fince he heard of me in the News,
wifhed that I would come thither. — This is not the firft
Time, by many, that I have found the Advantage of the
Things my Adverfaries have inferted in the publick Pa-
pers : They do but excite People's Curiofity, and ferve
to raife their Attention, while all Men of Serioufnefs and
Candor naturally infer that fome good muft be doing
where fuch Stories and Falfities are invented. It often
gives me unfpeakable Comfort, to fee how wifely God
over- rules every Thing for the good of his Church. And
how. he never more effeflually bruifes the Serpent's Head,
than when he permits him moft cruelly to bruife our
Heel.

The TForld^ Sin^ Death, oppofe in vain,
Chr/Jl by his dying. Death hath Jlain I
My great Deliverer, and my GOD !
In vain does the old Dragon rage.
In vain all Hell its Poivrs engage ;
Nought can ivithjland thy conquering Bloci !

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6 8 Mr. W H I T E F I E L D'i Jomiia}
EDEN-TOWN,

Tuefday^ December 20. Found myfelf better in the Morn-
ing than I have been for feme Days paft. Took our
Leave of our kind Hoft, and travelled cheerfully onwards.
About Noon we lighted off in the Woods to give our
Horfes Provender, and to take a little Rclrefhment to our-
felvcs, which we have done every Day this Week, be-
caufe there are no Ordinaries in the Way. No one can
te!l with what Gladnefs we took our Food, and hov/ com-
fortably we praifed Qod for fpreading us a 7' able in the
Wildernefs. — By four in the Afternoon we reached E^
den-Town^ a little Place, but beautifully fituated by the
Water-fule. — Here -we were well entertained at a publick
Houfe ; and tho' God was plcafed to humbl? rny Body
by Weaknefs, and my Soul by Conviction of paft Sin,
yet before we went to Reft, he was pleafed to refrefli me
with a Multitude of Peace, and in the m'ui/i of my Hu-
miliations exalted me, by giving me a more lively Senfc
of his Favour and Loving-kindnefs, which i3 better than
Life itfelf! I think I often feel what our Lord means,
■when he fays the Publican went down to his I-^oufe jufti-
fied rather than the Pharifee. I doubt not, but while he
was pouring out his Soul and fmiting upon his Breaft, the
lioly Spirit overfliadowed him, and fealed to him hia
Pardon, it is a dreadful Miftake to deny the Doflrine of
AiTurances, or to think it is confined to a Time of Perfe-
cutioji, or to the Primitive Age^ of the Church. — Not
only Rightcoufnefs and Peace, but Joy in the Holy
Ghoft, which is the Confequenccof Aflurance, is a necef-
fary Part of the Kingdom of God within us. — And tho*
all arc not to be condemned who have not an immediate
Aflurance, yet all ought to labour aft^r it. And I really
believe one great Reafon why fo many go mourning all
their Life long, is owing to their Ignorance of their Chri-
ftian Privileges. — 7'hey have not Aflurance, bccaufe they
ask it not ; they ask it not, becaufc they are taught that it
docs not b^lofig tq Chriftians of tlicfe laft D^ys ; whereas
;( know Nunibers whofe Salvation is written upon their
Hearts as it were with a Sun-beam. — 7'hey can rejoice
in God their Saviour, an<l give Men and Devils the Chal-»

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fengc to feparate them, if they can, from the Love of
God in Chrift Jefus their Lord ! Dearcji Redeemer^ en-
lighten all thy Follovjers to fee then- Privileges^ and never
let thevi ceafe wreJlUng with thee, till thou dojl hlefs them^
hy ojfuring them of their Eternal Salvation !

Why Jhould the Children of a King^

Go mourning all their Days ?
Great Comforter^ defcefid, and bring j

The Tokens of thy Grace !
Affurc their Confcience of their Parts

In the Redeemer's Blood ;
And bear thy Witnefs with their Hearts^

Thqt they are born of God f

BELL's-FERRT,

Friday, December 2i. Was refreftied mqch both m
Body and Spirit ; and the Weather being too hazy to pafs
over the Sound, I had a fvveet Opportunity given me of
Writing fome Things that lay upon my Mind. — I in-
tended, had I ftaid, to preach to thofe fevi' People that
were in the Tovi^n : But about Noon the Sun fhining
bright and difpelling the Mift, at three o' Clock we went
in a Pettiagua over the Sound, and were near feven Hours
in our Paflage. — It was about twelve Miles over. God
favoured us with a calm and pleafant Night ; we praifed
him as we went over by fmging Hymns, and met with ^
convenient Ordinary when we came on the other Side. — ■
How fhort a Way can a Boat go in a long Time, when
there is no Wind or Tide to carry it forwards ? Thus it
is with the Soul. When God with- holds the gentle Gale?
^nd Breathings of his Spirit from us, we fail but flowly
towards the Haven of eternal Reft. Happy the Man who
gets out of himfelf, and lives upon the Promifes of the Gof-
pel. — He is fure whether he is becalm'd, or in a Storm,
that all fliall v/ork together for his good.

BATH-rOWN.

Saturday, December 22. Set out by break of Day, and
came by eight at Night to Bath-Town^ near fifty' Miles

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from BclPs'Ferry. — It is by far the longeft Stage, and
the worll Roads we have had fince we began our Jour-
ney. I'he Ground, moft Part of the Way, was wet and
fwampy, the Country uninhabited, and a very fenfible
Alteration was difcernible in the Chmate. — It was as hot
as generally it is at Midfummer in ^w^/^w^; but we had
a fweet Breeze of Wind intermixed, which made our
Riding through the Woods in the Day-time exceeding
pleafant. About mid-way we met with an Ordinary
■where we rcfrefhed ourfelves and Beafts. We obferv'd a
Variety of Birds, and in the Evening heard the Wolves
on one Si(ic of us howling like a Kennel of Hounds,
which made me refle^ on what the Pfalmift fays, Tbe
Lions roaring after their Prey do Jcek their Aieat from
GOD.

"They range all Night on Slaughter hent,

^Till j'wnmon'd by the rifing Morn,
To skulk in Densy with one Confent,

The confcious Ravagers return.

God's Providence fent us a Guide, and better Enter-
tainment at our Inn than we have had for fome Time.
— As we rode along, one of my Friends faid. How dread-
ful muft it be for a natural Man to be placed in fuch a
Howling Wildernefs, furrounded with thofe many
Wolves, Bears, and Tygers, which come forth at Night
roaring upon him ? But then added he, 'bow Infinitely
more dreadful muft it be to be caft into Hell,, and fur-
rounded continually with the Hovvlings of damn'd Spirits !
WJicn we came to our Inn, we were told of a Man and
Woman who one Night were furrounded with a Compa-
ny of thefe Wolves, and purfucd by them a long Way j
this made me think of an Obfervalion of Mr. Gilbert
Tennent : " The Creatures are up in Arms agai^ift us,
*' to revenge their Maker's Qi^iarrel : Thanks be to God

for the Death and Refurredtion of our dear Lord Jefus,

who has not onlv delivered us from the Power of Wild

Beafts, but of Death and Hell itfclf ! "

Tho* in a bare and rugged TFaVy
Thro' defart lonely Wilds I Jl^oy,

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*rhy Bounty Jhall ?ny Pains beguile ;

The barren Wildernefs fl)all fynile

JVith fudden Greens and Herbage crown* dy

And Streams Jhall murmur all around !

Sunday^ December 23. Sent to the Minlfler of the
Place, and had feme Converfation with him laft Night ;
preached about Noon to uear 100 People, which, as I
found, was an extraordinary Congregation, there being
feldom more than Twenty at Church. In my preaching
I felt the Divine Prcfence, and did not fpare to tell the
Hearers how I thought God was angry with them, be-
caufe he had fent them for a long while a Famine of the
Word, and not given them a Teaching Prieft. — All
feem'd attentive to what was fpoken. — After Sermon, one
poor Woman came with a full Heart, defiring my Prayers;
I asked her whether (he had been convided by the Ser-
mon, or whether fhe knew Christ ; fhe anfvvered, ihe
had been feeking him for fome Time, but wanted to find
a Minifter who had Underftanding in Divine Things.
This Cafe is not uncommon ! — Moft that handle the Law
know not what they fay, nor whereof they affirm. Lord
y E SU S, in tJjy Mercy purify the Sons o/'Levi ; accom-
plijh the Number of thine Eleh, and hajlen thy Kingdom :
Oh make no long tarrying^ O our LORD and eur
GOD!

NEWBORN rowN:

Monday^ December 24. CrofTed PampUco River, about
Five Miles wide, Yefterday Evening. — Lay at an Ordi-
nary near the Water-fide. — Set out by break of Day ;
c^-ofled New River about Four in the Afternoon, and
reach^ Newborn Town^ Thirty Two Miles from Bath
Town, by Six at Night.— Perceived my Appetite to grow
better; experienced fome inward Teachings of God's
Spirit by the Way, ^c. Had a fweet Communion in
Spirit, after I came to the Inn, with my dear Friends at
England, who I fuppofed were joining with one Accord
in fervent Prayer, and uftiering in the Feftival of our dear
Lord's Nativity, by finging of Hymns and Spiritual Songs.
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now I am not abfent from them ; my Soul is clofely united
with them, and all God's Children, by the Spirit uf hi3
dear Son ; and however feparated here, this is my Com-
fort, nor Men, nor Devils can keep us from meeting and
dwelling together eternally hereafter. Oh that the Cry
was made. Behold the Bridegroom cometh ! As the Hart
panteth after the Water Brooks, fo doth my Soul long for
that 7 ime wherein I fhall be fummon'd to go forth to
meet him !

Tucjday^ Decc?nher 25. Endeavoured fiill to keep m-f
Mind as much as pofiible «n Union with all thofe pious
Souls who I knew were rejoicing in the Glad Tidings of
Salvation by Jesus Christ. — Went to publick Wor-
fnip, and received the Holy Sacrament, which was cele-
brated in the Court-Houfe; but mourned much in Spirit^
to fee in what an indifferent Manner every Thing was
carried on. — I cried mightily to the Lord in my fecret
Devotions, and in the Afternoon when I read Prayers and
preached, he was pleafed to (hew that he had heard me,
for I fcarce know when we have had a more vifible Ma-
nifeftation of the Divine Prefence fince our coming into
Ajnerica. The People were uncommonly attentive, moft
melted into Tears, and {hewed what a great Imprefllon
the Word made upon their Hearts. — I myfelf was much
carried out, I felt the Power of God come upon me, and
I fpoke with Demonftration of the Spirit to the Hearers
Souls. — After Sermon, a poor Woman, with a Heart full
of Concern, ran to me, defiring me that I would come
and preach where (he lived ; another told me I had given
him a home Stroke ; and indeed all, I believe, felt an un-
ufual Efted upon their Minds. — The Woman where we
lodged would take nothing for our Chrifimafs'D'mncr, and
wiflicd we could flay with thetti longer. — This unexpe<Si:ed
Succefs rejoiced me the more, becaufe I looked upon it as
an Earneft of future and n^ore plentiful EfFufions of God's
Spirit in thefe Parts. — I really believe, whenever the Go-
fpel is preached in thefe Parts with Pov/er, it will be re-
markably blefb*d. I have fcarcely heard of one faithful
Minifier fent over amongfl them ; and hcvj Jhall thq he-
lieve en him of ivhcm they have not heard ? And how jholi
ti^ey hear without a Pr(aiht,r^ And haw Jhall they preachy

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\file/s they are fent by and taught of G O D ? Oh how
v.'ill it rejoice me to hear that fome poor Soul this Day-
was born again ! Then it would be a Chrijimas Day in-
deed ! And why Ihould I doubt ? I have great Reafon to
thinkj

In many a Soul the Saviour Jiirr\l ;
/ truji fo?ne yielded, and believed.

Soon after Evening Service, I and my Friends took
Horfe, rode about Eight Miles, and were fweetly enter-
tain'd at a German's Houfe, who kept an Ordinary, and
had been one of my Hearers. The People of that Nation,
(as far as I can find) are the moft induftrious as well as
ferious People that ever came into Jmerica ; I doubt not
but the Lord will blefs them more and more. — Wrote
this Morning to the Minifter of Nezvborn, who I heard
countenanced a Dancing-Malter, by fufFering his own Son
to be one of his Learners. Several of the Inhabitants, I
was informed, had fubfcribed to his Aflemblies, and they
were generally attended with ill Confequences, which
made me the more defirous to leave my Teftimony againft
them. — .It grieves me to find that in every little Town
there is a fettled Dancing- Mafter, but fcarce any where
a fettled Minifter to be met with ; fuch a Proceeding muft
be of dreadful Confequence to any, efpecially a neiv' fettled
Province. All Governors, if it were only out of a Prin-
ciple of human Policy, ought to put a Stop to it ; for fuch
Entertainments do not fo properly unbend, as altogether
enervate the Minds of People, infenfibly leading them in-
to Effeminacy, and unfitting them to endure thofe Hard-
Ihips, and go thro' ihofe Fatigues, which muft necefTarily
be undergone, in order to bring any Province to Perfecti-
on. True Religion alone exalts a Nation ; fuch fmful
Entertainments are a Reproach, and will, in Time, be
the Ruin of any People.

Wedncfday, December 26. Set out early, and rode
very pleafantly till Dinner-time. Met with fome com-
fortable Refrefhment at an Ordinary on the Road, and
lodged at a little Houfe in the Woods, about Thirty Five
Milss off where we lay laft Night. The People were ap-
prized of my coming, and got fuch Th ngs as they had
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in a decent Manner^ and we endeavour'd to receive a!f
the divine Bleffings with Thankfuhiefs. I had a good
deal of Difcourfe with the People of the Houfe, and after
much previous and fuitable Converfation, 1 baptized Two
Strangers Children, who providentially lay at the fame
Houfe that Night. — I believe there may be Hundreds of
Children in this Province unbsptized, for want of a Mi-
nifter. Oh that the Lord would fend forth fome who,
like John the Bapiifly might preach and baptize in the
Wilderncfs I I believe they would flock to hxm from all
the Countries round about,

Thiirfday, December 27. Set out about Eight in the
Morning ; crofled Trent River, a Ferry about half a
Mile wide, and got to an Ordinary a little Way out of
the Road, and about Thirty Three Miles Stage, before
Six at Night. AsXoon as I came in, a )oung Man wel-
comed me into America^ who, upon Enquiry, I found
had been one of my Parifhioners at Savannah ; this gave
jTie an immediate Opportunity of falling into Religious
Converfation, and afterwards i went, as my ufual Cultom
is, among the Negroes belonging to the Houfe. One Man
was fick in Bed, and Two of his Children faid their
Prayers after me very well. This more and more con -
vinces me, that the Negroe Children, if early brought up-
in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord, would make
as great a Proficiency as any white People's Children what-
foever. — I do not defpair (if God fpares my Life) to fee a
School of voung Negroes fniging the Praifcs of Him that
made them in a Pfalm of Thankfgiving ! — Lord, thou haft
put into my Heart dL good Dejign to educate them, I doubt
not but thou wilt enable me to bring It to good Effect ! —
All that truly love thy Name I am confident will fay .
A/ncn !

NEWTOir N on Cape Fear River.

Friday^ Dcce?nhcr 28. Had a very blufterous Night,
;uk1 the Weather continued rainy moft Part of the Day. —
However, the Lord flrengthen'd us to go on our Way.
After about Fifteen Miles Ride, we comfortably refrcfhed
hvth ourll'lvcb and Bcalts at a poor Widow'ii Ordinary,

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who a few Days agone had buried her Husban'd, which
made her more thankful, and better prepared for Religious
Difcourfe. — After Dinner we had a pleafant Ride to Neiv-
iown on Cape Fear River, near Eighteen Miles from the
Place where we baited. — It is a little but thriving Place
for Trade, and we rejoiced greatly that the Lord had
brought us fo far pn our Journey, and had not fufFer'd us
to go out of our "VVay thro' fo many almoft uninhabited
Woods, nor fo much as to hurt our Feet againft a Stone !
The little wet Weather to Day made our Inns more ac-
ceptable, and we couU not help refle£iing that it is in our
Spiritual as in our Temporal Journeys ; fometimes the
Sun of Righteoufnefs arifes with great Lultre upon our
Hearts, fometimes a Cloud overfliadows us, and Storms
Surround us. Lord enable us thro' all continually to prefs
forwards^ and fuffer us not to grow tveary and faint in our
Minds ; for we know that one Moment of the Beatifick Vi-
fion will make amends for all f

Saturday^ December ig. Thought proper to reft to
Day for the Eafe of our Beafts. Had another Opportu-
nity of writing fome Letters to England. Dined with
one Mr. Murray the Naval Officer, who gave us an In-
vitation laft Night at his Houfe, and fpent the Remainder
of the Day in writing down fome Things tliat lay upon
my Heart. San£lify thein^ O Lord^ to the promoting thy
Glory, and the Good of Mankind I

Sunday, December 30. Wrote fome more Letters to
my Friends at England. Read Prayers, and preached,
both Morning and Evening in the Court-Houfe, to as
many as could be expected at fo fhort a Warning. — There
being many of the Scotch amongft the Congregation, who
lately canie over to fettle in North Carolina, I was led
out in the Afternoon to make a particular Application to
them, and to remind them of the Neceffity of living holy-
Lives, that fo they might prove a Bleffing to the Province,
and give Proof of their Zeal for thofe Truths which I had
been delivering, and which they had heard preached to
them with great Purity and Clearnefsin their native Coun-
try.— After Service, a Gentleman inform'd me that 1^-
vcral wereaftedcd j two other Gentlemen came and prefs'd
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mc to (lay longer, but being intent on my Journey, about
Five in the Evening I and my Friends paiTed the Ferry,
about Three Miles diftant, and lay comfortably at the
Houfe of the High Sheriff of tiie County — Here we met
with fome other Perfons, whom I pray'd with, and in-
ftrucfled to the beft of my Power, for which they fecm'J
thankful. — Much Good may be done by an earnelt and
circumfpedl endeavouring alvv^ays to introduce proper Re-
ligious Converfation. Our Lord did fo wherever he was j
and every true Minifler of Jesus Christ ought to live
fo examplarily, that wherefoever he comes People fhould
expe£l fome edifying Difcourfe immediately to drop from
his Mouth. Every Chriftia^ ought to bring Light and
Heat with him, like the Sun, wl)itherfoever he comes. —
Wicked Men will lead us an Example of Boldnefs.

They can brave tF eternal Laws^
Zealous in their M.ajler''s Caufsy
J ESU, Jlmll thy Servants be
Lejs refolvd, or bold for thee ?

Monday^ December "^l. Set out early, and met with
more Perils by Land than we have been expofed to yet.—
It having rained almoft the whole Night, the Swamps
and Creeks which lay in the Way were filled with Water;
and the Bridges being out of Repair, render'd Travelling
very dangerous. In one Place we were obliged to fwim
our Horfes ; in many the Waters were very high, and
were not to be pafs'd without much Difficulty, and I was
of fo little Faith as to be fometimcs rather afraid ! l^ut
God fent us two good Guides, by whofe Aflifl-ance we were
carried thro' all, and brought at Night to a little Houfe,
where with Pleafure we reflected on the Dangers and De-
liverances of the Day, and reminded one another of the
luifpeakable Satisfaction we might expeCl hereafter upon a
View of thofe many CrofTe?, Difficulties, and Tempta-
tions, which we mufl necefTarily endure whilfl in our Pil-
grimage here. Oh that we may learn to endure any Pain^
d^pife any Shamc^ fubmit to any Difficidtics, from a be-
lieving Profpcci of tvhat we Jhall hereafter enjoy., when
raifcd to Glory at the Right Hand of God our Saviour !

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SOUTH-CAROLINA,

Tuefday, January I. Rode about Ten Miles, and to
my great Comfort, where we baited, met with one who
I had great Reafon to believe was a Child of God. — It
fomewhac grieved me that I could flay no longer, but be-
ing in Hafte, we pafs'd over a half Mile Ferry. — About
Sun-fet, we came to a Tavern lying near Five Miles with-
in the Province of 5(j&.-//;-C^7ro//H^7. Here I immediately-
perceived the People were more polite than thofe we gene-
rally met with, buti I believe the People of the Houfe at
firft could have wifli'd I had not come to be their Giieft
that Night ; for it being New Year's Day, feveral of the
Neighbours were met together, in order to divert them-
felves by dancing Country Dances. — By Advice of my
Friends, I went in amongft them whilft a Woman was
dancing a Jigg. At my firft Entrance I endeavour'd to
fliew the Folly of fuch Entertainments, and to convince
her how well plcafed the Devil was at every Step fhe took.
For fome Time (he endeavour'd to out-brave me; neither
the Fidler or Ihe defifted ; but at laft (he gave over, and
the Mufician laid afide his Inftrument. It would have
made any one fmile to fee how the reft of the Company,
one by one attack'd me, and brought, as they thought.
Arguments to fupport their Wantonnefs ; but Christ
triumph'd over Satan. — They were all put to Silence, and
were for fome Time fo over-aw'd, that after I had dif-
courfed with them on the Nature of Baptifm, and
the Neceflity of being born again, in order to enjoy the
Kingdom of Heaven, at their Entreaty, I baptized one
of their Children, and pray'd afterwards as I was enabled,
and as the Circumftances of the Companv required. —
Then I and my Companions took a little Refreftiment ;
but the Pi'ople were fo bent on their Pleafure, that not-
withftanding all that had been faid, after I was gone to
Bed, I heard their Mufick and Dancing, which made
me look back upon my own paft Follies with Shame and
Confiifion of p'ace; for fwch a one, not long fmce, was
I myfclf. Lord, for thy Mercies Sake, Jhevj all unhappy
Formalijh the fame Favour, and fuffer them not to go on in
fuch a carnal Security till they lift up their Eyes In Tor-
ment I

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ment ! Draw them, Ob draw them from feeding upon
fitch Husis ! Let them know -xhat it is to fcaft upon the
fatted Calf even the Comforts of the Blejed Spirit !
Jmeny Amen.

Wednefday, January 2. Rofe very early, pray'd, fung
a Hymn, and gave a fharp Reproof to the Dancers ; they
were very attentive, aiid took it in good Part. — At Break
of Day we mounted our Horfes, and I think never had a
more pleafant Journey. For near Twenty Miles, we
Tode over a beautiful Bay as plain as a Terras- Walk, and
as we pafTed along were wonderfully delighted to fee the
Porpoifes taking their Faftime, and hear, as it were Shore
refounding to Shore the Praifes of Him who hath fet
Bounds to the Sea that it cannot pafs, and hath faid,
" Here (hall your proud Waves be ftaid !" — At Night we
thought to call at a Gentleman's Houfe, where wc had
been recommended, about Forty Miles diflant from our
laft Night's Lodging, but the Moon being totally eclipfed,
we milled the Path that turned out of the Road; and
then thought it moil advifable, as we were in the maia
Road, to go on our Way, trufting to the Almighty to
ftrengthen both our Beads and us. We had not gone far
but we faw a Light ; Two of my Friends went up to it,
and faw a Hutt full of Negroes; they enquired after the
Gentleman's Howfe whither we were directed, but the
Negroes feemed furprized, and faid they knew no fuch
Man, and that they were but new Comers. From thefe
Circumflanccs one of my Friends inferr'd, that thefe Ne-
groes might be fome of thofe who lately had made an In-
furreftion in the Province, and vv^re run awav from their
Maflers. When he rcturn'd, we were all of his Mind,
and therefore thought it befl: to mend our Pace. Soon af-
ter we faw another great Fire near the Road Side, but
imagining there was another Neft of fuch Negroes, we
made a Circuit into the Woods, and one of my Friends
*t a Difbnce obfervcd them dancing round the Fire. The
Moon filming bright, we foon found our Way into the
great Road again ; and after we had gone about a Dozen
Miles, expecting to find Negroes in every Place, we came
to a great Plantation, the Mailer of which, to our great
CVnifo.rt, gave us Lodging, and our Beafls Provender.

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Upon our relating the Circumftances of our Travels, he
gave us Satisfaction about the Negroes, inform'd us whofe
they were, and upon what Occafion they were in thofe
Places in which we found them. This afforded us much
Comfort, after we had rode near Threefcore Miles, and
as we thought, in great Perils of our Lives. BleJJed b&
thy Name, O Lord, for this, and all other thy Mercies^
thro' JESUS CHRIST!

Thurfday, January 3. Had a hofpital BrcJtkfaft fet
before us by the Gentleman who laft Night received us
into his Houfe. — Set out late in the Morning, pafled over
a Three Mile Ferry near George Toivn, and for the Eafe
of our Beafts, rode not above Nineteen Miles the whole.
Day. A good Man, (d^ys Solomon, b merciful tohis Beajis:
How they will anfwer it in the Great Day, who abufe
the inferior Creatures as the' they had a Licenfe to ufe
them as they pleafed, I know not ; fure I am, that for
^Ntxy fuch Abufe God will bring them into Judgment.

Friday, January 4. Lay at a little Houfe on Santa
River, where I met with a Soldier, formerly one of my
Catechumens, who had been difcharged, but retained a
grateful Senfe of the Inftru<Stions tint iiad been given him.
PalTed over Two fernes in the Morning, baited at Din-
ner Time, after we had rode about i^ightetn xVIiks, and
were then obliged to ride Twenty Five Miles further,
there being no proper P'ace to Iby at b) the V^ay. About
Eight in the Kveiang, we came to a Tavern, within
Five Miles frcni Chfi'les T^zun, where we were comfort-
ably refrefu'd wkh I od convenient for us. We had Fa-
mily Praver, and therein endeavour'd to exprefs cur
Thankfuincfs to God for thus cauf'ig u^ to renew our
Streiigth, and bringing us fonear a Place .vhere we would
be ' Oh that our Hearts may be excited more and more to
prcafe the i^ord for theje and all other Mercies which he
daily pours down on us, the unworthicfl of thi Sons of
Men !

CHARLES TOWN,

Saturday, January k,. Left our Lodging before Day-
Lght, and reached CharUi Town^ after we had palled

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So Mr. W H I T E F I E L D*^ Jonmal

over a three Mile Ferry about ten in the Morning.
Went to the Houfe of one Mr. L — re^ where we dined,
and were entertained with great Civility. In the After-
noon feveral Gentlemen of the Town were fo kind as to
come and fee me, and exprefTed a great Willingnefs to
hear me preach ; Letters and Papers were alfo brought
me from New-York^ informing me how mightily the
Word of God grew and prevailed there. — The Accounts
in the Englijh Papers of the War being daily carried on
there between Chriji and Belial^ afforded us trefli Matter
for praifmg that God, who we hoped would, in his King-
dom of Grace, bring mighty Things to pafs, whilft the
World was bufied in Wars and Rumours of Wars. —
In the Evening I wrote fome Letters to my Englijh and
New-York Friends, p'elt fuch Comfort within niyfelf as
the World cannot give, and verified what the Pfalmifl
fays, Thcyfoall be in perfc^i Peace whofe Mindi are Jlaid
en thee! — Oh that all were Partakers of It I

Sunday, January 6. Went to publick Service in the
Morning, but did not preach, bccaufc the Curate had not
a Commiffion to lend the Pulpit, unlefs Mr. G—n (then
out of Town) had been prefent. However, mofl of the
Town being very eager to hear me, in the Afternoon I
preached in one of theDillenting Meeting-houfes, but was
grieved to find fo little Concern in the Congregation,
after the Sermon was over. The Auditory was large, but
very polite ; and I queftion whether the Court End of the
Town at London could equal, at leaft exceed them in af-
fc£led Finery and Gaiety of DreG, and a Deportment ill-
becoming Perfons who have had fuch Divine Judgments
lately fcnt abroad amongft them. — I reminded ihein of it
in my Sermon ; but I thought at firft I feemed to them as
one that mocked. This made me more importunate in
kcret Prayer, and I hoped God would let me fee that he
intended to vilit the Inliabitants with Mercy as well as
judgments; for nothing is a greater Sign of a People's
being hardened than their continuing unreformed under
Divine Vifitations: Thus it was with P/;^/W; and the
Egyptians. Lord^ for thy Mercys Sake, let it not be the
Cafe of this People ! Amen, Lcrd Jtfusy Amen.

at SOUTH^CAROLINA, 8i

Motiiiayi January 7. Finding the Inhabitants were de-
firous to hear me a fccond Time, about eleven in the
Morning I preached in the French Churchy and bleffed be
God, faw a glorious Alteration in the Audience, which
was fo great that many ftood without the Door, and I
felt much more Freedom in my felf than I did Yefter-
day. Many were melted into Tears, and one of the
Town moft remarkably gay, was obferved to weep> and
inftead of the People's going out (as they did Yefterday, in
a light, airy, unthinking Manner, a vifible Concern was
in moft of their Faces, as tho' they could not refift the
Power with which God enabled me to fpeak. Not unto
me, O Lord, not unto me, but unto thy Name alone, be all
the Glory ! — After Sermon, I and my Friends dined at a
Merchant's in Town ; and as I was paiiing along, a Let-
ter was put into my Hands, wherein were thefe Words.
' Remember me in your Prayers, for Chrift's Sake, who

* died for me a Sinner. — I appeal to you for Help in the
' Way to Salvation. Pray fail me not, and I befeech
' you to pray for my Soul j and the Lord blefs you, and

* grant you may win many Souls to God by your fincere
< Preaching.' Many alfo of the Inhabitants, with full
Hearts, entreated me to give them one more Sermon,
which I looked upon as a Call from Providence, and there-
fore, though I was ready for Departure, and juft about to
take Boat, yet I thought it my Duty to comply with the
People's Requeft, and to put ofF my Journey till the Mor-
row. Notice was immediately given, and in about half
an Hour a large Congregation was affembled in the Meet-
ing-houfe, where I preached Yefterday, becaufj it was the
largeft Place. God ftrengthcned me to fpeak, I truft as
I ought to fpeak. In the Evening I fupped at another
Merchant's Houfe, where I had an Opportunity, for near
two Hours, to converfe of the Things of God with a large
Company, and afterwards retired to my Lodgings, full
of Joy at the Profpe<£l of having a good Work begun in
that Place. It grieves me to fee People humane, hofpi-
table, willing to oblige, and every Way accompliflied,
excepting that they are yet ignorant of the one Thing need-
ful.— Lord, fend forth thy Servants, let there be now a
great Cry madgy Behold the Bridegroom comcth, and incline

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all formal Profcffors, all polite and foolifh Virgins, to
trhn their Lamps y that they may be ready to go forth to
meet thee !

Beaufort in Port-Royal.

Tucfday^ Janvary 8. Rofe a good while before Day,
eft our Horfes in Charles-Town^ and fet out for Georgia
n an open Canoe (having five Negroes to row and fteer
us) and God was pleafed to give us, for the moft part, fair
Weather. The poor Slaves were very civil, diligent and
laborious. — We lay one Night on the Water, and about
five on Wednejday Evening arrived at Beaufort in Port-
Royal (too Miles from Charles-Town) within the Pro-
vince of South Carolina, We drank a little Tea at our
Inn, and then waited upon the Reverend Mr. Jonesy the
Minifter of the Place, who receiv'd us with great undif-
fembled Civility, and was very defirous I (hould take a
Bed at his Houfe, as I did when I p::(s'd through the
place after I left Georgia lail. But intending to fet out
by two in the Morning, we thought it beft to lye at our
Inn ; and therefore, after Supper, and a little friendly
Converfation, we took our Leave, rejoicing (as we always
do on fuch Occafions) that we had met with another
Clergyman who feemed to have the Fear of God before his
Eves ! Lordy ijicreafe the Number of them for thy dear
Son's Sake I Amen, Amen.

JVedyiefday^ January c). The Wind being very high,
and theaby' failing rendered impra»51:icable ; I and my
Friends flald at Beaufort :x\\ the Morning, dined, at his In-
vitatic n, with kind Mr. Jones^ and afterwards, the Wea-
ther biing ;air, and the Tide ferving, we took Boat, and
refrefhei our Hives at a Plantation in the Way. In the
Nio^ht, we mndc a Fire on the Shore, and flept round it for
about four Hours; a little after Midnight v/e prayed with
the Negroes, took Boat again, and reached iS'^zz;^;;^.^/' be-
fore Noon the next Day. — Had a joyful Meeting with my
dear Friends, who I found had been arrived three Weeks,
and aifo was much refrefhcd with a moft comfortable
Packet of Letters from England, Nezv-Tcrk^ he. Blef-
fed be God, the Work of our dear Emanuel is every-
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where carrying on. Ere long I expeft that mighty Things
will be brought to pafs. Oh that the Lord may fhengthen
me to make full Proof of my Minijlry in this Place^ to the
Glory of his great Name, and the Good of his dear
Church !

Here I would ftop, but I, think it may not be amifs to
put down fome few Remarks I have made on the State of
Keligion in thofe Provinces, which I have lately palled
through. — And here I cannot but give Pafilvania the
Preference. — For to me it feems to be the Gaixlen of Ame-
rica.— Their Oxen are firong to labour., and there feems
to be no complaining in their Streets. What :s belt of all,
I believe they have the Lord for their God. This I infer
from their having fo many faithful Minifters fent forth a-
mongft them ; and except Northampton in New-England^
the Work of Converfion has not been carried on with fo
much Power in any Parts of America^ that I can hear of,
as under the Miniftry of Mefiieurs Tennents. Crcjs, and
the other Labourers before mention'd. The Conititution
is far from being arbitrary j the Soil is good, the Land
exceeding fruitful, and there is a greater Equality between
the Poor and Rich than perhaps can be found in any
Place of the known World. And, for my Part, I like
it fo well, that, God v/illing, 1 purpofe taking up fome
Land to ere<5t a School for Negroes, and fettle fome of my
Englifi) Friends, whofe Hearts God (hall fcir up, or whom
the Fury of their Enemies fhall oblige to depart from their
native Country. Philadelphia is one of the moft regular
planned Towns I ever law. Above feventy new Houfes
were built in it the laft'Year, and it is likely to increafe
in Inhabitants every Day. It is rightly called Philadel-
phia., i. e. Brotherly Love. — For by the Charter all are
permitted to worfliip God th^ir own Way, without being
branded as Schifmaticks, -DilTenters, or Diilurbers of tiie
eilablilhcd Conftitution. — The Qi_iakers have the Pre-emi-
nence in the Government. — The AiTenrtbly, as I v/as
told, is made up of them, except aboutTour, which pre-
vents all Preparations for marti^ii Defence, it being one of
their Principles not to light at all. IMuch of the Simplici-
ty of Drefs and Manners which may be obferved among
the Inhabitants, I think is in a great Meafure owing to
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84 Mr, W H I T E F I E L D'i Joiimal

them. And I faw lefs of the Pride of Life in Penfihama
than elfewhere. But it has happened to them as it will
to all other religious Societies whatfoever, when they flou-
rifii and have the Upper-hand. I mean, many for Profit's
Sake have been known to diflemble with them. I fear
Numbers amongft them, as amongft us, can give no o-
ther Reafon why they are Qi^iakers, than that their Fa-
thers were fo before them. — 1 fay this, becaufe I find but
little of a Divine Power ftirring amongft thern ; and moft
of them are too ftiff and rigid about external Things, as I
was credibly informed. One of their own Preachers warn-
ed them lately of their Backfliding, and told them, with-
out a Reformation, God would remove the Candleftick
from them, and not work by their Hands any more. —
In the City of Philadelphia they have two large Aieeting-
houfes ; they affemble frequently together, and, all Things
Qonfidered, are the moft regular Society of Men I have
(een or heard of. Befides this, there is a Baptift and
Presbyterian Meeting. I had the Pleafure of converfmg
with the Miniftcrs of both, and found there were fome in
their Congregations, particularly in that of the Baptift,
who loved the Lord Jefus in Sincerity. The Church of
England is but at a low Ebb in the Province in general,
and in Philadelphia in paiticular. — In all the Places I
paflcd through, the Presbyterians and Qi^akers had larger
Congregations than any of our Milfionaries. — And we
may guefs how the Love of many of the Church ot Etig-
land in Philadelphia muft have waxed cold, becaufe the
Church, which has been begun, if I miftake not, fome
Years ago, is far from being linifhed witl.in ; l^iowever,
jiiany of late have been convinced what true Chriftianity
IS ; and I hope a Church of Jcfus Chrift will ere long be
fele^led out of tlie Members of our own Communion.
The little Time I was at Ncw-Ycrk would not permit
nie to make (o many Obiervaiions of the Situation of Af-
fairs of Religion in tlie Province as otherwife I might have
clone. — A great Complaint was made to me by fume of
the moft fcrious Inhabitants of ir, that it was a very fecure
Place, and that a Work of God had never been carried on
in it, fince its firft Settlement. — Tlie Heads of the C;:iurch
pf England feem'd rcfolvcd to {hut out the Kingdiim of
God from amongft thcm.—^But our Lord Jcfus has been

pleas'd

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pleasM to get himfelf the Vidory ; and tho' I was moftly
oppofed in Neiu-Tork, yet, if I may judge of what I faw
myfelf, and have heard fince my Departure, as much, if
not more good has been done there, than in any other
Place, where I have been for fo fhort a T'ime. At Mary-
land Religion feems to be at a very low Ebb. Ther? are
Roman Catholicks in fome Parts, four Congre.q;ations of
Presbyterians, and a few Quakers ; but far the greateft
Part call themfelves of the Church of England ^ which
might no doubt greatly flourifii were their Minifters found
faithful. But the Government, 1 fear, fpoils them by
giving them too much Tobacco. — For fome, I hear,
have 30000, others 50000, others 60000 Pounds of To-
bacco per Annum. It is gathered by the High Sheriff of
the County, and every Perfon taxable is obliged to pay
40 Pound of Tobacco yearly to the Minifters, though
great Numbers never hear or fee them.*— In Virginia
Matters are not quite fo bad. The Minifters Stipends are
not fo large ; the Commiffary feems to have more Power,
and to exercife more Difcipline. — But almoft all are quite
fettled upon their Lees, and I could not hear of any true
vital Piety fubfifting in that Province. — In Maryland I
was told of one Mr. Colchatch^ a godly Minifter, who
died five Years ago. And I heard of another Layman in
Virginia who has been dead 25 Years, that did make Re-
ligion his chief Bufinefs. In Virginia are no Diftenters
from the eftabliftied Church, except one Meeting or two
of Quakers. The Importation of fo many Negroes and
Conviifts is one great Reafon why fo little Religion is to be
feen. — But the main Caufe of Irreligion both in Virginia .
2nd Alary la jzd I take to be their not incorporating into
Towns: For hereby People living at a Diftance from the
Church, are apt to make every little Thing ferve as an
Excufe to ke.p them from publick WorOnip. Religious
Societies cannot well be fettled, and wicked Men may
more eafily revel and get drunk witliout Controul. Mi-
nifters, had they a Will, cannot vifit from Houfe toHoufe.
And what is as bad as any Thing, Sciiools for the Edu-
cation ot Ciiildren cannot be fo conveniently erciffed when
the Houfes are fo far feparate. The greateft Probability
0} doing Good in Virginia is among the Scots-IriJJ)^ who
have lately fettled in the Mountainous Parts of tl ac Pro-
vince.

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vince. They raife little or no Tobacco, but Things
that are ufeful for common Life. — And I hear the Gover-
nor has given Leave for a Minifter of their own Way of
Thinking to come whenever he can be procured, \n North'
Carolina there's fcarce fo much as the Form of Religion.
There are two CAu/ches begun for fome Time, but nei-
ther finifti'd. There are feveral Dancing Mafters, but
fcarce one regularly fettled Minifter ; fo that in molt
places they have Readers, who read a Sermon every Sunday
to the People, for which they pay five Shillings a Quarter
of their Currency, which is ten Shillings for one Sterling.
However, the Governor, I hear, has made Propofals to
the Society for propagating the Gofpel in Foreign Parts,
to fend Miffionaries. But I fhould rather that People had
no Minifter than fuch as are generally fent over. And I
cannot fee the Charity of contributing towards fending out
Miffionaries, unlefs greater Care be taken in the Choice of
thofe that are fent. — For it is notorious the generality of
them walk diredly contrary to the Gofpel of our Lord
Jefus Chrift. All the Accounts moft of them have given
for fome Time is, that they have baptized fo many, and
that fo many receiv'd the Sacrament. And, upon the
whole, if it be asked why there is fo little Religion in the
Church oi England? It may be anfwered, the Miffio-
naries, for the moft Part, lead very bad Examples. I
think there was a vifible Difference after we had been
preaching amongft them. In South-Carolina they have
many Minift-rs, both of our own and other Perfuafions ;
but I hear of no ftirring among the dry Bones. — Mr.
Garden^ the prefent Commiffary, is ftri(Sl in the Outward
Difcipline of the Church. The Clergy have an annual
Meetmg, and moft of them, I believe, are kept from
open Immortalities. And now I am come to Georgia
what fhall I fay ? Many of the Inhabitants have left it
fince we were here laft ; but ftill I hope Bleffings are yet
in Referve. Oh that all who remain would acquaitit them"
felves with God, and be at Peace %u'th him ; then would
they be more than Conquerors over all their Enemies.

Thus have I put down a few Thoughts that have oc-
curred to my Mind. May God enlighten me where I am
in the Dark, CorreiJ 'aie wherever I am ivrong, and bUfs

this

at GEORGIA. Sy

this further Account of his Dealings with me to the Con-
vision of Gain-fay ers^ the Comfort of Saints^ and to the
Edification of all that jhall read it, Evenfo Lord Jefus,
Amen and Amen.

I cannot exprefs my Defire for the advancing of our dear
Lord's Kingdom, both in the Hearts of my Friends and
all Mankind, better than in the Hymn altered from Dr.
More by one of the Reverend Mr. Wefleys,

iJVhen CHRIST had left his Flock below.
The Lofs his faithful Flock deplor'd:
Him in the Flejh no more they know.
And languijhfor their abfent Lord,

Z.N'ot long— -For He gone up on high.

Gifts to receive f aud claim his Crown^
Behold them forro%ving^ from his Sky,
And poured the Mighty Blcjfing down.

^.He, for the Prefence of his Flejh,

The Spirif s fcven-fold Gifts imparts^
And living Streams their Souls refrefh.
And Jcy Diviiie o^crfozvs their Hearts,

J^ While all infweet Devotion joined.
Humbly to wait for GOD retire.
The prc?jiis\i Grace in rufning IVind
Defends, and cloven Tongues of Fire,

$,GOD's mighty Spirit f lis the Dome,
The feeble Dome beneath Him faook.
Trembled the Crozvd to feel him come.
Scon as the So7is of Thunder f poke.

b.Father! if jujlly fill we claim

To Us, and Ours, the Promife made.
To Vs be gracioufy the fame.

And crown vjith Living Fire our Head.

'^.Our Claim ad?;2it, and from above.
Of HoUnefs the Spirit jhow'r.
Of wife Dijcernment, humble Love^
And Zeal, and Unity ^ and Pow'r.

%.Th^

8 8 Mf\ White field's JoiimaL

Z.The Spirit of convincing Speech,
Of PcrvSr dcmonjirative impart.
Such as 7tiay ev'ry Confcience reach.
And found the Unbelieving Heart.

<).*The Spirit of refining Fire:

Searchi7ig the Imnoji of the Mind,
To purge all fierce and foul Defire,
And kindle Life more pure and kind.

lO.The Sp'rit of Faith^ in this Thy Day,
To break the Poiu'r of cancel d Sin,
Tread down its Strength, overturn its Sway,
JndjJill the Conqueft more than win.

11. The Spirit breathe of Inward Life,

Which in our Hearts Thy Laws may write ;
Then Grief expires^ and Pain, and Strife,
'Tis Nature all, and all Delight.

12,0k all the Earth Thy Spirit fl^oiv'r.
The Earth in Righteoufnefs renew ;
Thy Kingdom come, and Hell's o'crpow'r^
And to thy Sceptre all fubdue.

I^.Like mighty TFind, or Torrent fierce.
Let it Oppofcrs all 6'er-run,
And ev'ry Law of Sin revcrfe.

That Faith and Love jnay make all one.

l\.Yea, let Tloy Sp'rit in cvWy Place
Its Richer Energy declare.
While lovely Te7npers, Fruits of Grace,
The Kingdom of thy CHRIST prepare.

IS.Grant this, 0 Holy GOD, and True!
The Anient Seers Thou didfl infpire :
To Us perforjn the Promfe due.

Defend, and crown Us now with Fir(.

FINIS.

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